Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 765 · 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.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a shoe box (c) a football (d) a water pipe
2. 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
3. 3.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a coiled rope (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
4. 4.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) on the ceiling
5. 5.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a brick (c) a sugar cube (d) a globe
7. 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) use an eraser (d) press lighter
8. 8.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
11. 11.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
12. 12.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
14. 14.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
16. 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
19. 19.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
20. 20.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) younger (c) farther away (d) closer to you
21. 21.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
23. 23.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
24. 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
25. 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a cut-here line
28. 28.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
29. 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
31. 31.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
34. 34.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a laser beam (c) a wriggling snake (d) a cut-here line
35. 35.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
37. 37.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
38. 38.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
39. 39.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True

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