Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 596 · 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 a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, creamy sticks
2. 2.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a wriggling snake (c) a cut-here line (d) the teeth of a saw
3. 3.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) big (c) black (d) blue
4. 4.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
6. 6.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) at the very edge (c) off the page (d) where the lines cross
8. 8.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
10. 10.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
12. 12.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
14. 14.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
15. 15.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
16. 16.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
18. 18.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
22. 22.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
23. 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) line
27. 27.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) oval (d) cone
28. 28.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
30. 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
32. 32.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
33. 33.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
34. 34.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
35. 35.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
36. 36.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
37. 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
38. 38.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
39. 39.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) glue

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