Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 399 · 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.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
2. 2.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
5. 5.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
8. 8.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
11. 11.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
12. 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
14. 14.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
15. 15.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
16. 16.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) above the object
17. 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
18. 18.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
20. 20.True or false: we use an easel for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: we use a flat brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
23. 23.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
24. 24.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) star (c) rectangle (d) square
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
28. 28.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
29. 29.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
32. 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
33. 33.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) at the bottom edge
34. 34.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
36. 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
37. 37.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
39. 39.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True

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