Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 779 · 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.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
2. 2.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
3. 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) the top of the scene
4. 4.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
5. 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) sharpener
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) circle
8. 8.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the side away from it (c) the bottom
9. 9.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
10. 10.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) elbows (d) feet
12. 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
13. 13.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
15. 15.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
17. 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) smooth, soft tones
20. 20.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
22. 22.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
25. 25.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part farthest away (d) far hills and the sky
26. 26.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
27. 27.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
28. 28.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
29. 29.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
30. 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
31. 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
32. 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
33. 33.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
36. 36.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cone
38. 38.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
39. 39.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels

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