Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 49 · 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.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
2. 2.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
4. 4.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
6. 6.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a tall lamp post
7. 7.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
8. 8.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a snail shell (c) a laser beam (d) a cut-here line
9. 9.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) border (c) highlight (d) foreground
10. 10.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
12. 12.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
15. 15.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
17. 17.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
18. 18.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
19. 19.What do we use a round brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
21. 21.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a traffic cone (b) a globe (c) a candle (d) a brick
22. 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) water pot
24. 24.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
26. 26.🖌️ 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
27. 27.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a laser beam
29. 29.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
31. 31.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a pencil (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
32. 32.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
35. 35.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
36. 36.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) sphere (d) cube
37. 37.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
39. 39.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) line

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