Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 581 · 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.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) feet (d) knees
2. 2.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) stitches on cloth (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a wriggling snake
3. 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
6. 6.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a marble (c) a party hat (d) a matchbox
7. 7.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
10. 10.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
12. 12.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
14. 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
15. 15.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) looks bigger
17. 17.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
18. 18.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
19. 19.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
20. 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
21. 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
22. 22.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
24. 24.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, light washes (d) see-through colour
27. 27.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 6B
28. 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
29. 29.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
31. 31.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
32. 32.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) a leaning ladder
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
34. 34.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a form (c) a cube (d) a sculpture
35. 35.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) B
37. 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
38. 38.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a standing tree trunk
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) pyramid (c) rectangle (d) star
40. 40.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line

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