Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 949 · 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 the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
2. 2.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) mixed with lots of water (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
4. 4.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
7. 7.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
8. 8.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
10. 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
12. 12.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
14. 14.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
16. 16.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) younger
19. 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) far hills and the sky (d) things that look biggest
20. 20.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
21. 21.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) cube (c) square (d) cone
23. 23.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
24. 24.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) dashes on a road (c) a laser beam (d) a coiled rope
25. 25.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
26. 26.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
27. 27.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
29. 29.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) square (c) cone (d) pyramid
30. 30.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: we use an easel for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
33. 33.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
36. 36.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
37. 37.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a wriggling snake (c) a snail shell (d) a ruler’s edge
39. 39.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: we use a palette for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True

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