Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 315 · 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: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
5. 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
9. 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a big roller (c) a sponge (d) a wide flat brush
10. 10.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
12. 12.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
14. 14.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
16. 16.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
17. 17.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
18. 18.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
19. 19.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
20. 20.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
21. 21.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
23. 23.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
24. 24.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) mixed with lots of water (c) thick, opaque paint (d) hard, waxy sticks
26. 26.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
27. 27.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
30. 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
31. 31.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) heavy (d) high
32. 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
33. 33.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) triangle (c) cuboid (d) sphere
35. 35.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) space
37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) star (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
38. 38.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) masking tape
40. 40.True or false: a snail shell looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True

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