Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 414 · 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: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
3. 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) is partly hidden
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
6. 6.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
7. 7.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
10. 10.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) H
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
12. 12.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
13. 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
14. 14.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) add water (c) press harder (d) press lighter
15. 15.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
17. 17.What do we use masking tape for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
18. 18.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) highlight (d) border
19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
20. 20.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
22. 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
24. 24.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
25. 25.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
27. 27.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) a table top
28. 28.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
30. 30.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a leaning ladder
31. 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
33. 33.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
37. 37.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
38. 38.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
39. 39.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape

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