Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 407 · 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: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
5. 5.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
6. 6.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
7. 7.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
9. 9.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
10. 10.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
11. 11.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
13. 13.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
14. 14.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press lighter (c) press harder (d) use an eraser
15. 15.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a brick (b) a drinking straw (c) a matchbox (d) a marble
16. 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) 4H
17. 17.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
19. 19.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
22. 22.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
23. 23.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) light first outlines (d) bright, flat colour
26. 26.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) ocean waves
28. 28.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
31. 31.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) masking tape
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
36. 36.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, light washes (d) do not smudge easily
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) easel (d) masking tape
40. 40.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?

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