Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 739 · 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 clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
2. 2.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
3. 3.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) value
5. 5.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
11. 11.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
13. 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
14. 14.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
16. 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
17. 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
18. 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
19. 19.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
21. 21.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
24. 24.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding a board upright (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
25. 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
29. 29.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) ocean waves (c) a lightning bolt (d) a flag in the wind
30. 30.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
34. 34.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) bright, flat colour
36. 36.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) star (c) pyramid (d) oval
38. 38.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
39. 39.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
40. 40.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True

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