Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 235 · 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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
3. 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) taller (c) farther away (d) younger
5. 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cuboid (c) square (d) oval
6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
7. 7.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
10. 10.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
11. 11.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
13. 13.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
14. 14.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
15. 15.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
17. 17.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
18. 18.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
19. 19.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
22. 22.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the side away from it (c) the bottom
23. 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) the part farthest away
24. 24.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
25. 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
26. 26.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
27. 27.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
28. 28.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) value
30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
32. 32.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
34. 34.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a flag in the wind
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
36. 36.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) big (d) black
37. 37.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) at the bottom edge (c) on the horizon line (d) on the frame
38. 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
39. 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
40. 40.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape

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