Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 52 · 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.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
2. 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
3. 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) cube
4. 4.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) border (c) background (d) focal point
7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
8. 8.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
12. 12.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) shape
14. 14.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
15. 15.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
19. 19.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) 4H
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
21. 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) its shadow on the table
22. 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
23. 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
24. 24.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
25. 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) palette
26. 26.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
28. 28.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
29. 29.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a spiral
30. 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
31. 31.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
33. 33.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) red to blue
35. 35.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) where the lines cross (c) in a corner (d) at the very edge
36. 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
37. 37.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) sphere
39. 39.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
40. 40.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?

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