Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet
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.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 2.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
- 5.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding a board upright
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 7.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) palette
- 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
- 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) sponge
- 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
- 20.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) palette (c) round brush (d) flat brush
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 25.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
- 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
- 31.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 34.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 35.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 36.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
- 38.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 39.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
Answer key
- leaving it in water
- False
- True
- a small round brush
- mixing colours
- the bottom of the page
- True
- a long, thin mark
- False
- True
- watercolour
- palette
- things that look biggest
- True
- 7
- diagonal
- texture
- flat brush
- glue
- True
- easel
- sits near the horizon
- True
- bad for the brush
- True
- soft, dark marks
- overlaps other things
- texture
- False
- looks smaller
- False
- False
- organic shape
- on the left side
- light first outlines
- 4
- bright, flat colour
- circle
- horizontal
- letting paint dry on it
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