Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 79 · 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 art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) easel
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
3. 3.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) a wriggling snake
4. 4.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) on the frame (c) on the horizon line (d) in the foreground
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
7. 7.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
9. 9.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
11. 11.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
12. 12.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a traffic cone (c) a globe (d) a drinking straw
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks bigger
14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
16. 16.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
17. 17.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a closed flat outline
20. 20.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
22. 22.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
23. 23.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
26. 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 4H
27. 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
28. 28.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
30. 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
32. 32.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
34. 34.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) B
35. 35.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
36. 36.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a brick (b) a candle (c) a sugar cube (d) a drinking straw
37. 37.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) white to black
38. 38.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) stitches on cloth (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a flag in the wind
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) texture

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