Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 875 · 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.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
2. 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
4. 4.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) white to black (c) red to blue (d) big to small
5. 5.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
6. 6.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
7. 7.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
9. 9.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
12. 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cone
13. 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
14. 14.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
16. 16.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
17. 17.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
19. 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the top of the scene (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
20. 20.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
21. 21.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
22. 22.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
24. 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
25. 25.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 4H
26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
27. 27.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) pyramid (d) square
28. 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
34. 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
35. 35.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) palette (d) sponge
37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
39. 39.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round

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