Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 82 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) circle (c) rectangle (d) cube
2. 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) sharpener
3. 3.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
6. 6.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
9. 9.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) inside the object
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
11. 11.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
12. 12.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
13. 13.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
15. 15.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
16. 16.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
17. 17.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
19. 19.True or false: we use a water pot for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
21. 21.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) add water (c) press lighter (d) press harder
22. 22.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a lightning bolt (c) a laser beam (d) a cut-here line
23. 23.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a water pipe (b) a drinking straw (c) a brick (d) a globe
24. 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cone
25. 25.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
26. 26.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
28. 28.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
29. 29.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
30. 30.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
31. 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) star (d) cone
32. 32.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
33. 33.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
35. 35.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
36. 36.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lots of tiny dots
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
38. 38.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines

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