Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 837 · 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 lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
2. 2.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
3. 3.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
7. 7.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
8. 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
9. 9.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
12. 12.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
13. 13.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a dotted line
14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
15. 15.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
16. 16.🖼️ 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
17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
19. 19.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
20. 20.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
21. 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) oval (d) cuboid
22. 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
23. 23.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
24. 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
25. 25.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) sharpener
28. 28.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) oval (c) triangle (d) circle
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
33. 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
35. 35.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
39. 39.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a matchbox (d) a sugar cube
40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

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