Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 810 · 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.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
3. 3.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a football (d) a candle
4. 4.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
5. 5.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) B (c) 6B (d) 4H
6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
7. 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
8. 8.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
9. 9.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lots of tiny dots
10. 10.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) H
12. 12.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
13. 13.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
14. 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
15. 15.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
17. 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
18. 18.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.What do we use masking tape for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
20. 20.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) where the lines cross (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
23. 23.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
24. 24.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
27. 27.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
33. 33.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) border (c) highlight (d) vanishing point
34. 34.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the dark shape it throws
35. 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
36. 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) square (c) cone (d) cube
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
40. 40.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True

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