Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 770 · 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: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a laser beam (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a flag in the wind
5. 5.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
6. 6.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
7. 7.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) grey lines for sketching (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
8. 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a wide flat brush
9. 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 4B (c) HB (d) 4H
12. 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
13. 13.What do we use a water pot for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
14. 14.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cylinder
15. 15.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) wide, straight strokes
16. 16.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
17. 17.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a wriggling snake (d) dashes on a road
18. 18.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
21. 21.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
22. 22.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
26. 26.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a falling tree (d) a sleeping person
27. 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
30. 30.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
31. 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) things that look biggest (c) the top of the scene (d) far hills and the sky
32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) shape
33. 33.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
34. 34.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
36. 36.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines crossing over
37. 37.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
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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