Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 566 · 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 called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
2. 2.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) blend with a fingertip
3. 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
4. 4.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
6. 6.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) where the lines cross (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
8. 8.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the frame (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the horizon line
9. 9.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) elbows (d) feet
10. 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
11. 11.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) use an eraser (c) press harder (d) press lighter
12. 12.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
13. 13.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
15. 15.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
16. 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
18. 18.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
20. 20.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
21. 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
22. 22.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
24. 24.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 4B
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) circle
26. 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
27. 27.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a coiled rope (c) a snail shell (d) a wriggling snake
28. 28.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
29. 29.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
32. 32.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) dots packed close
33. 33.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a party hat (d) a football
35. 35.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
38. 38.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks

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