Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 421 · 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.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
3. 3.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
4. 4.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) highlight
6. 6.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
8. 8.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
11. 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
12. 12.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a flag in the wind (d) a snail shell
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
14. 14.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
16. 16.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) has height, width, depth
18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
19. 19.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a matchbox (b) a traffic cone (c) a sugar cube (d) a candle
21. 21.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cone (c) square (d) rectangle
24. 24.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) palette
26. 26.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
27. 27.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
28. 28.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
29. 29.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) sand (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
30. 30.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) rectangle (c) cuboid (d) sphere
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
32. 32.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
35. 35.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
36. 36.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
38. 38.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: we use an easel for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things

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