Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 814 · 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 the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
4. 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
5. 5.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
6. 6.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
7. 7.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
8. 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) far hills and the sky (d) things that look biggest
9. 9.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) oval (d) cube
10. 10.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) 2H (d) B
12. 12.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
15. 15.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) HB (d) 6B
16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) black (b) blue (c) brown (d) big
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) star (c) circle (d) cylinder
19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
20. 20.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
21. 21.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) hard, waxy sticks
22. 22.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
26. 26.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
29. 29.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
30. 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
32. 32.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) space
34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) space
35. 35.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a wide flat brush
38. 38.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
39. 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cone
40. 40.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True

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