Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 928 · 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.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
2. 2.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
3. 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
4. 4.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) dashes on a road (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
5. 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone
6. 6.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
7. 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
8. 8.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
11. 11.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
14. 14.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a toothpick
16. 16.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a candle (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) a matchbox
18. 18.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows less detail (d) looks paler and bluer
20. 20.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) square (d) cone
21. 21.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) triangle (c) cone (d) oval
23. 23.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
25. 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
30. 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
31. 31.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) giving a pencil a point
32. 32.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) border
33. 33.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
35. 35.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
36. 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) grey lines for sketching (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
37. 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
38. 38.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
40. 40.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False

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