Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 259 · 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.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
4. 4.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
6. 6.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) value
8. 8.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
10. 10.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a tightly pulled rope
11. 11.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
13. 13.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
15. 15.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
17. 17.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
18. 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
19. 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
20. 20.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
21. 21.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
22. 22.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) border (c) foreground (d) vanishing point
23. 23.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
24. 24.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) eyes (c) knees (d) elbows
25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
30. 30.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
31. 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
32. 32.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
33. 33.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
35. 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cuboid
36. 36.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 4B (d) 4H
39. 39.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False

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