Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 884 · 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 of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
2. 2.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) cuboid
4. 4.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a dice (b) a traffic cone (c) a shoe box (d) an ice-cream cone
5. 5.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
6. 6.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
7. 7.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
8. 8.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
10. 10.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the brightest spot (d) where light hits most
17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
19. 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
20. 20.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
23. 23.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
24. 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
25. 25.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
26. 26.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
29. 29.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) square (c) star (d) oval
30. 30.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
33. 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
34. 34.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
38. 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
39. 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
40. 40.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False

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