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.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) cone (d) triangle
- 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 5.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 6.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) water pot
- 9.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
- 11.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 12.True or false: we use a palette for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 14.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) cylinder (c) oval (d) square
- 15.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
- 16.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 19.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 20.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 21.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) horizon (c) border (d) background
- 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
- 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) ocean waves (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
- 29.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 30.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) shows more detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks paler and bluer
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 34.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 35.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 36.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 37.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 38.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
- 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
Answer key
- diagonal
- sphere
- triangle
- oil pastels
- stippling
- True
- a 2D shape
- easel
- geometric shape
- looks bigger
- a 2D shape
- False
- medium marks
- cylinder
- a table top
- True
- space
- cast shadow
- bad for the brush
- a 3D form
- focal point
- easel
- False
- bad for the brush
- True
- watercolour
- 7
- a cut-here line
- True
- dark value
- soft, dark marks
- shows more detail
- cross-hatching
- its shadow on the table
- 2B
- rinsing between colours
- dark value
- 9
- only length and width
- the part in between
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