Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 987 · 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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
3. 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
7. 7.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
10. 10.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
11. 11.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
12. 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
13. 13.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
16. 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
17. 17.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) star (c) square (d) rectangle
18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
19. 19.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
20. 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
21. 21.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
23. 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
24. 24.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
25. 25.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
26. 26.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
27. 27.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) horizon (d) background
28. 28.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
29. 29.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
30. 30.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
32. 32.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) square
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
36. 36.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things

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