Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 654 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (Find the topic): Elements: line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value. Shading: highlight faces the light, cast shadow falls away from it; near = bigger, far = smaller. Materials: watercolour see-through, poster colour opaque, B soft and dark, H hard and light.

1. 1.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
2. 2.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
3. 3.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
5. 5.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
8. 8.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
9. 9.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
11. 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
12. 12.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
13. 13.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) giving a pencil a point (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) easel (d) flat brush
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) oval (c) pyramid (d) square
19. 19.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
25. 25.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
26. 26.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
27. 27.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) cuboid (c) rectangle (d) circle
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
29. 29.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
31. 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
32. 32.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
33. 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
36. 36.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
37. 37.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) border (d) highlight
39. 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
40. 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?

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