Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 665 · 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 texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
2. 2.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) in a corner
3. 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) space
5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
6. 6.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
7. 7.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) pyramid
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
10. 10.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
11. 11.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
12. 12.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a party hat (b) a football (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
13. 13.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) a sleeping person
14. 14.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) under the object
15. 15.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) highlight (c) vanishing point (d) foreground
18. 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
21. 21.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) mixed with lots of water
23. 23.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
25. 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
26. 26.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
27. 27.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
28. 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
29. 29.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
30. 30.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
31. 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
32. 32.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
36. 36.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
37. 37.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
38. 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) 4H (d) H
39. 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cylinder (c) circle (d) oval
40. 40.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value

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