Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 321 · 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 soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
4. 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
5. 5.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
6. 6.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
9. 9.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a cut-here line (d) a wriggling snake
10. 10.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
11. 11.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
13. 13.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
14. 14.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
16. 16.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
17. 17.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
19. 19.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side away from it (c) the side facing the lamp
20. 20.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
21. 21.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
24. 24.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
26. 26.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
27. 27.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, light washes
29. 29.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) a wriggling snake (d) the teeth of a saw
32. 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
33. 33.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
35. 35.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) on the ceiling (c) in the sky (d) under the object
37. 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
39. 39.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
40. 40.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False

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