Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 483 · 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.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
2. 2.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
4. 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
5. 5.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
6. 6.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
7. 7.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
11. 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
12. 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
13. 13.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
14. 14.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
18. 18.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) space
20. 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
21. 21.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
22. 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
24. 24.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) farther away
26. 26.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a cube
27. 27.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
28. 28.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
29. 29.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) HB
33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
34. 34.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
38. 38.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) pencil

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