Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 963 · 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.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) stitches on cloth (c) a wriggling snake (d) a coiled rope
2. 2.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) flat brush
4. 4.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
6. 6.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
7. 7.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) far hills and the sky
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
10. 10.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
11. 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
12. 12.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
13. 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cube (d) cylinder
14. 14.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) light first outlines (d) bright, flat colour
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
16. 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) 6B (d) 2H
17. 17.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) soft, creamy sticks
18. 18.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
19. 19.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
21. 21.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
27. 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) far hills and the sky (d) the bottom of the page
28. 28.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a snail shell
30. 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a playground slide
31. 31.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
33. 33.True or false: we use a sponge for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
36. 36.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a coiled rope (c) a wriggling snake (d) a row of pointy peaks
38. 38.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape

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