Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 292 · 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 the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) off the page (c) in a corner (d) at the very edge
2. 2.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
3. 3.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a laser beam
4. 4.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
6. 6.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
8. 8.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, creamy sticks
9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
11. 11.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
13. 13.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
14. 14.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a flag in the wind (d) a tightly pulled rope
15. 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) round brush
16. 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
17. 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
18. 18.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
19. 19.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press harder
20. 20.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) a coiled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
21. 21.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) white to black
22. 22.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding a board upright
24. 24.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) star (c) sphere (d) circle
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, creamy sticks
26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
27. 27.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
29. 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
32. 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) water pot
34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
35. 35.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
36. 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) cone (c) sphere (d) pyramid
38. 38.✏️ 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
39. 39.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) H (d) 4B
40. 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid

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