Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 888 · 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.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
3. 3.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
4. 4.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) square
5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
6. 6.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
9. 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
13. 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) pencil
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
15. 15.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
16. 16.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
17. 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
22. 22.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a laser beam (c) a cut-here line (d) the teeth of a saw
23. 23.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) stitches on cloth
24. 24.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
26. 26.True or false: we use a palette for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
28. 28.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
30. 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) water pot
33. 33.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) H
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
36. 36.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
37. 37.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) knees
38. 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels

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