Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 203 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
2. 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
4. 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a playground slide
5. 5.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) farther away (d) younger
6. 6.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
7. 7.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
9. 9.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
11. 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the top of the scene
12. 12.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) palette
14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
15. 15.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) border (c) foreground (d) highlight
16. 16.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
17. 17.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the darker half of it
21. 21.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
23. 23.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
24. 24.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) smooth, soft tones
25. 25.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
26. 26.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
28. 28.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
32. 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
34. 34.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
35. 35.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
36. 36.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) eyes (d) elbows
37. 37.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
39. 39.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
40. 40.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) red to blue

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