Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 684 · 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.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
3. 3.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
4. 4.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
6. 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
7. 7.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
8. 8.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
9. 9.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
11. 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
12. 12.True or false: we use a palette for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
14. 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) focal point (c) border (d) background
16. 16.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
17. 17.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) space
19. 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) easel
20. 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the top of the scene
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) oval (c) cone (d) cube
22. 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
23. 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a playground slide
24. 24.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) thick, opaque paint (d) see-through colour
26. 26.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) a standing tree trunk
27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
29. 29.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
31. 31.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) border (d) vanishing point
32. 32.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
34. 34.What do we use a sponge for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) wide, straight strokes
35. 35.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
37. 37.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
38. 38.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
39. 39.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
40. 40.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) H (d) 2B

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