Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 139 · 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 shaped like a cylinder? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a football (d) a dice
2. 2.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
3. 3.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) circle
4. 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) star (c) sphere (d) cylinder
5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) space
9. 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
10. 10.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
12. 12.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
14. 14.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
15. 15.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a party hat (b) a drinking straw (c) a shoe box (d) a marble
16. 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
17. 17.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
19. 19.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
20. 20.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) fine lines and details
21. 21.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
22. 22.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
24. 24.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
25. 25.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
26. 26.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
27. 27.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
29. 29.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
30. 30.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
31. 31.True or false: we use a water pot for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) hard (c) hot (d) heavy
34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
35. 35.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
36. 36.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) near to far (d) white to black
37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) sphere
38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
40. 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water

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