Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 715 · 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.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
2. 2.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) shape
4. 4.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
5. 5.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) add water (c) press harder (d) press lighter
6. 6.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
7. 7.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
9. 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) form
14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
15. 15.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
17. 17.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the part farthest away (d) the part nearest you
18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) off the page
20. 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) circle (c) cuboid (d) star
21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
22. 22.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours
23. 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
24. 24.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
25. 25.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
28. 28.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
29. 29.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
32. 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
33. 33.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) light first outlines (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
34. 34.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
35. 35.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
39. 39.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour

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