Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 957 · 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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
2. 2.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) value
4. 4.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
5. 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
6. 6.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
7. 7.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
9. 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) a standing tree trunk
10. 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a snail shell (c) stitches on cloth (d) a row of pointy peaks
12. 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
14. 14.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
16. 16.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
17. 17.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
18. 18.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
19. 19.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
20. 20.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) a coiled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
21. 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
22. 22.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
25. 25.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
26. 26.True or false: a snail shell looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
32. 32.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
33. 33.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
34. 34.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
37. 37.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
40. 40.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True

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