Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 975 · 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 art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
2. 2.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) star (c) square (d) oval
5. 5.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a coiled rope (d) a wriggling snake
6. 6.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
7. 7.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) oval (d) triangle
8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
9. 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) things that look biggest
10. 10.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
12. 12.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
17. 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
19. 19.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) mixed with lots of water (d) light first outlines
21. 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
24. 24.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
25. 25.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
29. 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
32. 32.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
34. 34.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
35. 35.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) where the lines cross (c) at the very edge (d) off the page
36. 36.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
37. 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
38. 38.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
40. 40.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a cut-here line (c) a wriggling snake (d) a laser beam

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