Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 287 · 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 picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
2. 2.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
7. 7.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
8. 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
11. 11.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a globe (b) a drinking straw (c) a traffic cone (d) an ice-cream cone
12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) flat brush
13. 13.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
14. 14.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
17. 17.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
19. 19.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
21. 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
22. 22.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) star (c) cone (d) pyramid
24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
25. 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
26. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) palette
27. 27.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a wriggling snake (d) a coiled rope
28. 28.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
30. 30.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the frame (c) on the horizon line (d) at the bottom edge
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
32. 32.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
33. 33.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press lighter (c) use an eraser (d) press harder
38. 38.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
39. 39.✏️ 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
40. 40.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line

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