Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 822 · 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.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
3. 3.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
5. 5.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
6. 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
7. 7.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) far hills and the sky (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
9. 9.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
10. 10.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
12. 12.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) where the lines cross (c) off the page (d) in a corner
13. 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
14. 14.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
15. 15.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
16. 16.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
17. 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
18. 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
20. 20.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) big to small
25. 25.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
26. 26.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
27. 27.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) circle (c) square (d) cone
29. 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
30. 30.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form
35. 35.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
37. 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) sponge
39. 39.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a cut-here line (d) ocean waves
40. 40.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons

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