Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 375 · 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.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
2. 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
3. 3.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a snail shell
5. 5.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
6. 6.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
8. 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
9. 9.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) B (d) 4H
10. 10.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
11. 11.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) B (c) H (d) 2B
13. 13.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
14. 14.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
15. 15.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
17. 17.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
18. 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
19. 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
20. 20.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
21. 21.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
23. 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
24. 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) sphere
25. 25.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
26. 26.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) lots of tiny dots
27. 27.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
28. 28.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
29. 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
30. 30.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a form
32. 32.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
34. 34.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
36. 36.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
37. 37.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
39. 39.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) square (c) sphere (d) cone
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint

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