Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 89 · 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 lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
3. 3.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
5. 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) square (c) rectangle (d) sphere
6. 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
8. 8.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
9. 9.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
11. 11.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a person standing tall
13. 13.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
16. 16.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) cone (d) star
17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) palette
18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
20. 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
21. 21.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
22. 22.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
25. 25.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a water pipe (b) a sugar cube (c) a globe (d) a party hat
26. 26.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
28. 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) high (c) hard (d) hot
30. 30.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) cylinder (d) star
33. 33.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) big to small
34. 34.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
37. 37.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
38. 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour

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