Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 682 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
2. 2.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
3. 3.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
4. 4.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
6. 6.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
9. 9.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) border (c) horizon (d) background
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
12. 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
13. 13.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
14. 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) form
16. 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
17. 17.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
18. 18.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
19. 19.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
26. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) water pot
27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
30. 30.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
31. 31.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
32. 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
33. 33.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
34. 34.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
35. 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) sponge (d) water pot
36. 36.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
37. 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
38. 38.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
39. 39.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
40. 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away

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