Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 864 · 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.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) sand
2. 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
3. 3.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
4. 4.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a wriggling snake (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) the teeth of a saw
5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
6. 6.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
7. 7.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a football (b) a candle (c) a party hat (d) a globe
8. 8.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
9. 9.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a pencil (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
11. 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) star (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
14. 14.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, creamy sticks
15. 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
19. 19.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
20. 20.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
21. 21.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) a coiled rope (c) a ruler’s edge (d) dashes on a road
22. 22.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
24. 24.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 2H
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
27. 27.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
29. 29.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
31. 31.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
33. 33.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) a row of pointy peaks
34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
36. 36.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
38. 38.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
40. 40.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger

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