Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 595 · 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, things that look biggest is the background. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) glue
5. 5.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part nearest you (d) far hills and the sky
7. 7.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
8. 8.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
10. 10.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
12. 12.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
14. 14.🖼️ 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
15. 15.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
18. 18.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the frame
20. 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
22. 22.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
23. 23.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
26. 26.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) big (c) black (d) brown
27. 27.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
29. 29.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
30. 30.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 4B (d) 2B
31. 31.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) light first outlines (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
33. 33.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
34. 34.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
36. 36.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a traffic cone (b) a matchbox (c) a globe (d) a candle
38. 38.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines

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