Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 7 · 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 bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
2. 2.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) soft, light washes
3. 3.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
7. 7.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) border (c) highlight (d) foreground
8. 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
9. 9.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a form (c) a sculpture (d) a cube
10. 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) round brush (d) masking tape
11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
12. 12.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
13. 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
14. 14.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
16. 16.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) square (c) rectangle (d) cube
17. 17.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
19. 19.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) circle (c) cylinder (d) triangle
20. 20.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) form
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
25. 25.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
26. 26.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
27. 27.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a pencil (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) round brush
29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
33. 33.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
34. 34.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
35. 35.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
36. 36.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) square (c) triangle (d) rectangle
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
39. 39.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False

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