Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 4 · 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: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
4. 4.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
8. 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
9. 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
10. 10.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) big (d) black
14. 14.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
15. 15.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
18. 18.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a coiled rope (c) a flag in the wind (d) the teeth of a saw
19. 19.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
20. 20.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
21. 21.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
23. 23.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
24. 24.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
26. 26.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) 2B (d) HB
27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) colour
28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
29. 29.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) at the bottom edge
30. 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
33. 33.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
36. 36.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
37. 37.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
39. 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
40. 40.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat

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