Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 432 · 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.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
2. 2.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
3. 3.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a table top
4. 4.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
6. 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
8. 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
11. 11.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
12. 12.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) younger (d) farther away
13. 13.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
16. 16.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
17. 17.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
19. 19.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a water pipe (c) a globe (d) a brick
20. 20.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) B
22. 22.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
25. 25.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) focal point (c) border (d) background
26. 26.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) shows less detail
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
29. 29.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
31. 31.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
33. 33.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a shoe box (b) a dice (c) a marble (d) a party hat
34. 34.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) H (d) HB
35. 35.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
37. 37.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows less detail
39. 39.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?

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