Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 594 · 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: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the top of the scene (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
5. 5.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
7. 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
9. 9.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
10. 10.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
11. 11.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a sugar cube (b) a drinking straw (c) a globe (d) a matchbox
12. 12.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) glue (c) sand (d) water and mild soap
13. 13.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
14. 14.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
17. 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
20. 20.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
21. 21.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
23. 23.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
25. 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: ocean waves looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) smudging with a finger (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
29. 29.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
30. 30.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) square
31. 31.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
32. 32.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
34. 34.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) bright, flat colour
36. 36.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) thick, opaque paint
38. 38.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
39. 39.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) square (d) cone
40. 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up

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