Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 745 · 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.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
2. 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
3. 3.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
7. 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
9. 9.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
10. 10.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) circle
11. 11.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a lightning bolt (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
12. 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
13. 13.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) value
18. 18.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) H
19. 19.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) bright, flat colour
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
22. 22.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
24. 24.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
25. 25.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
27. 27.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
28. 28.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a wriggling snake
31. 31.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) heavy (d) high
34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
39. 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) triangle
40. 40.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True

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