Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 851 · 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 element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
2. 2.True or false: we use masking tape for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
4. 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
6. 6.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
9. 9.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) near to far
10. 10.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
15. 15.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) on the ceiling (c) in the sky (d) under the object
16. 16.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) rectangle (c) star (d) oval
18. 18.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
19. 19.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a sense of near and far
21. 21.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
22. 22.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: we use a palette for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
25. 25.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
26. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) easel
27. 27.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a sponge
28. 28.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) dashes on a road (d) a lightning bolt
29. 29.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
30. 30.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) B (d) HB
31. 31.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
33. 33.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a snail shell (d) a lightning bolt
35. 35.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a table top (d) a leaning ladder
37. 37.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
38. 38.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) off the page
39. 39.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
40. 40.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a jalebi (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a wriggling snake (d) a lightning bolt

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