Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 617 · 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.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
2. 2.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
4. 4.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
5. 5.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
9. 9.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
10. 10.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
11. 11.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
12. 12.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
15. 15.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 6B (d) 4B
18. 18.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) in the water pot (d) with paint on it
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
22. 22.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a shoe box (c) a drinking straw (d) a football
23. 23.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
25. 25.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a coiled rope (c) stitches on cloth (d) ocean waves
29. 29.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone
30. 30.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
31. 31.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
32. 32.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
33. 33.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4H
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a dice (b) a marble (c) a traffic cone (d) a globe
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) easel (c) water pot (d) sharpener
39. 39.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
40. 40.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True

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