Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 244 · 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 feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
3. 3.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a toothpick (d) a wide flat brush
4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
5. 5.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) background (c) border (d) horizon
6. 6.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
8. 8.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a party hat (b) a water pipe (c) a brick (d) a traffic cone
10. 10.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
12. 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
13. 13.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
16. 16.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone
18. 18.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
20. 20.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a table top
21. 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
22. 22.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
23. 23.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
24. 24.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
26. 26.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
29. 29.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
37. 37.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
38. 38.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) knees (c) eyes (d) feet
39. 39.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False

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