Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 161 · 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 horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
2. 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cone
3. 3.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
4. 4.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
7. 7.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
8. 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
10. 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) cube (d) square
11. 11.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a table top
12. 12.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
13. 13.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
14. 14.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
15. 15.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
16. 16.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a flag in the wind (c) ocean waves (d) a tightly pulled rope
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
21. 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) far hills and the sky (d) things that look biggest
22. 22.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
26. 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
28. 28.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) space
30. 30.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
33. 33.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
34. 34.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) the bottom of the page
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
38. 38.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
39. 39.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
40. 40.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal

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