Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 160 · 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 vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a leaning ladder
2. 2.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a laser beam (d) a snail shell
3. 3.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) 2B
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
6. 6.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
7. 7.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
9. 9.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
11. 11.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
12. 12.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
14. 14.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
16. 16.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
17. 17.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
18. 18.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
19. 19.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
22. 22.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) palette (d) water pot
24. 24.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a party hat (b) a marble (c) a brick (d) a dice
25. 25.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
27. 27.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
28. 28.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
29. 29.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
32. 32.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
33. 33.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) sand
34. 34.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
35. 35.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
38. 38.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) vanishing point (d) border
39. 39.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks

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