Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 364 · 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.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
2. 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) criss-cross lines (d) dots packed close
3. 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) far hills and the sky
5. 5.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) stitches on cloth (c) the teeth of a saw (d) ocean waves
6. 6.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) at the very edge (c) off the page (d) where the lines cross
7. 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
8. 8.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a party hat (b) a drinking straw (c) a matchbox (d) a football
9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
10. 10.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
11. 11.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
14. 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
15. 15.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
17. 17.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
19. 19.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
20. 20.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
21. 21.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) big (b) brown (c) blue (d) black
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
23. 23.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.What do we use a round brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) dabbing soft textures
25. 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
26. 26.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a matchbox (b) a sugar cube (c) a marble (d) a party hat
27. 27.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
30. 30.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
31. 31.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
34. 34.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
35. 35.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
37. 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
38. 38.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
39. 39.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
40. 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water

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