Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 990 · 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 of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) do not smudge easily
2. 2.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
4. 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
5. 5.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) square (d) cube
7. 7.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) charcoal
8. 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a form (c) a sculpture (d) a shape
9. 9.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
12. 12.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
13. 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
15. 15.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
17. 17.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
18. 18.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
20. 20.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
21. 21.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) form
23. 23.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
24. 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
25. 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
27. 27.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
30. 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) sharpener
33. 33.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
34. 34.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
38. 38.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
39. 39.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) texture

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