Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 798 · 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.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
2. 2.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
5. 5.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) is partly hidden
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
7. 7.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
8. 8.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) dots packed close
9. 9.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called blending. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
13. 13.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
14. 14.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
16. 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) sharpener
17. 17.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) oval (d) cuboid
18. 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
19. 19.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a sugar cube (b) a party hat (c) a candle (d) a matchbox
20. 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) water pot
21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
22. 22.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a spiral (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) cube
24. 24.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) H
25. 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a sleeping person
26. 26.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
28. 28.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) light first outlines
29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, light washes (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
32. 32.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
33. 33.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
34. 34.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) triangle (d) star
35. 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
37. 37.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) smudging with a finger
40. 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) 4B

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