Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 985 · 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 flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) form
2. 2.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
3. 3.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
4. 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
6. 6.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
7. 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) B
8. 8.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
9. 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
10. 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
11. 11.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cube
13. 13.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
16. 16.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
18. 18.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) stitches on cloth (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
19. 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
22. 22.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sharpener
24. 24.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) dabbing soft textures
25. 25.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
27. 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
31. 31.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) HB
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
35. 35.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
36. 36.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) HB (d) 2H
37. 37.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
39. 39.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.What do we use a sponge for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours

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