Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 746 · 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.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
4. 4.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks paler and bluer
7. 7.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a shoe box (b) a marble (c) a party hat (d) a matchbox
8. 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
9. 9.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) where the lines cross
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) form
11. 11.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
15. 15.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
20. 20.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
21. 21.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
22. 22.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
23. 23.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
24. 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) is partly hidden (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
25. 25.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
27. 27.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
28. 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) round brush
30. 30.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
32. 32.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
34. 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
35. 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
36. 36.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a playground slide
39. 39.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) shape

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