Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 660 · 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.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
2. 2.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
5. 5.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (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: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
9. 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
11. 11.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) oval (c) circle (d) cone
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
14. 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
15. 15.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
16. 16.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
17. 17.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) looks bigger
18. 18.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a person standing tall (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
20. 20.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
21. 21.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
22. 22.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a sleeping person (d) a leaning ladder
23. 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) 2B (d) HB
24. 24.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
25. 25.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
26. 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) cylinder
27. 27.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
28. 28.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) things that look biggest (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
30. 30.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
31. 31.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a snail shell (c) a flag in the wind (d) a ruler’s edge
32. 32.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
34. 34.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, light washes
35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a water pipe (c) a globe (d) a party hat
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
39. 39.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
40. 40.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care

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