Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 804 · 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: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
3. 3.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
4. 4.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a flag in the wind (d) a tightly pulled rope
5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
6. 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
7. 7.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
8. 8.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
9. 9.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
11. 11.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) star (c) cuboid (d) circle
13. 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
14. 14.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
15. 15.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
17. 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
18. 18.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
19. 19.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
20. 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
21. 21.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
22. 22.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
23. 23.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
24. 24.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
26. 26.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
27. 27.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) dabbing soft textures
28. 28.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
29. 29.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) HB (d) 2B
30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
33. 33.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
34. 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
35. 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
36. 36.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
39. 39.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
40. 40.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape

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