Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 502 · 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: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
3. 3.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
4. 4.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) off the page
5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
6. 6.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
7. 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
8. 8.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) light first outlines (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
9. 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
11. 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
12. 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) shape
14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
15. 15.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
16. 16.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
17. 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
18. 18.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) dabbing soft textures
19. 19.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cube
22. 22.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) a wriggling snake (d) ocean waves
23. 23.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
24. 24.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
25. 25.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) triangle (c) circle (d) rectangle
28. 28.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a party hat (c) a matchbox (d) a brick
29. 29.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
31. 31.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
32. 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
34. 34.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
35. 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
36. 36.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) pyramid
38. 38.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a snail shell (d) a lightning bolt
39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) square (c) triangle (d) circle

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