Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 644 · 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 leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
2. 2.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a wavy line (d) a zigzag line
3. 3.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
4. 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) triangle
6. 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
8. 8.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) circle (d) pyramid
9. 9.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 3D form (c) a 2D shape
10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
12. 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
13. 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a person standing tall
14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
15. 15.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
17. 17.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) mixed with lots of water
21. 21.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a drinking straw (c) a party hat (d) a traffic cone
22. 22.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) B (c) H (d) 2B
23. 23.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
26. 26.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
27. 27.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
28. 28.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
30. 30.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) feet (c) elbows (d) eyes
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) square (c) cube (d) oval
32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
33. 33.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
34. 34.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) easel
36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
37. 37.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
39. 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
40. 40.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False

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