Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 420 · 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: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) knees (c) feet (d) eyes
3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
4. 4.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
6. 6.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 6B (d) H
8. 8.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
12. 12.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
13. 13.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
15. 15.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) hard, waxy sticks
17. 17.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
19. 19.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
22. 22.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) water pot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
25. 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a falling tree (d) the edge of a calm sea
26. 26.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) sphere
28. 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
30. 30.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) blend with a fingertip (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, light washes
31. 31.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
32. 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
33. 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
34. 34.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
36. 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a dice (c) a shoe box (d) a candle
38. 38.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily

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