Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 898 · 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: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) circle
7. 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
8. 8.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) pyramid (d) triangle
9. 9.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a big roller (c) a sponge (d) a wide flat brush
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
12. 12.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) on the ceiling
13. 13.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
15. 15.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
16. 16.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
17. 17.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) B (d) HB
18. 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
19. 19.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
20. 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
23. 23.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
24. 24.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
25. 25.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
27. 27.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a flag in the wind
28. 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
30. 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
31. 31.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
32. 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a football (b) a brick (c) a sugar cube (d) a water pipe
34. 34.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
37. 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
38. 38.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
39. 39.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
40. 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you

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