Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 30 · 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: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
5. 5.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
7. 7.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) big to small (d) near to far
8. 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
9. 9.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
10. 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
11. 11.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
12. 12.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
13. 13.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hot (c) hard (d) high
15. 15.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a brick (b) a sugar cube (c) a candle (d) an ice-cream cone
17. 17.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
18. 18.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a snail shell (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a tightly pulled rope
19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) shape
23. 23.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
26. 26.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) stitches on cloth (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a lightning bolt
27. 27.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) star (d) cuboid
29. 29.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
30. 30.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) H (d) 2B
32. 32.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
36. 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
37. 37.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
39. 39.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
40. 40.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a pencil (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush

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