Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 400 · 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: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
4. 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
5. 5.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
6. 6.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
9. 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
10. 10.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
11. 11.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
13. 13.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
16. 16.True or false: we use a round brush for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
18. 18.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
19. 19.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) in the sky (c) on the ceiling (d) above the object
20. 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) cube (c) triangle (d) rectangle
21. 21.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
24. 24.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the horizon line (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the frame
26. 26.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a flag in the wind (c) a wriggling snake (d) a row of pointy peaks
27. 27.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a water pipe (b) a dice (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
28. 28.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) square
29. 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
32. 32.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
34. 34.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a candle (c) a marble (d) a brick
36. 36.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
37. 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
38. 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 6B
39. 39.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
40. 40.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point

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