Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 937 · 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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
2. 2.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) water pot
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) shape
5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
6. 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) square (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cuboid
7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) where light hits most
8. 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
9. 9.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
10. 10.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
11. 11.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) ocean waves (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a row of pointy peaks
13. 13.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
16. 16.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
19. 19.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a marble (c) a shoe box (d) a drinking straw
20. 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
21. 21.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
23. 23.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) triangle (c) rectangle (d) oval
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
25. 25.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a form
26. 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
27. 27.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cube
28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a flag in the wind (c) dashes on a road (d) a wriggling snake
29. 29.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
32. 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
34. 34.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a spiral (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
39. 39.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
40. 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away

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