Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 717 · 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 do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
3. 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
4. 4.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
5. 5.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) space
7. 7.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
9. 9.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
10. 10.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
11. 11.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
13. 13.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) border
15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
16. 16.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a form (d) a cube
17. 17.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
18. 18.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a dice (b) a matchbox (c) a traffic cone (d) a water pipe
19. 19.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
21. 21.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
22. 22.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
23. 23.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
24. 24.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a tall lamp post (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
26. 26.True or false: we use a flat brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
31. 31.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
32. 32.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
33. 33.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) in a corner (c) at the very edge (d) where the lines cross
35. 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) easel (d) masking tape
36. 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) water pot
39. 39.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a brick (b) a sugar cube (c) a marble (d) a traffic cone
40. 40.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True

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