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.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 3.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
- 5.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
- 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 8.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) big to small
- 9.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 12.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 13.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) at the bottom edge (c) in the foreground (d) on the frame
- 14.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a shoe box (b) a football (c) a candle (d) a marble
- 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 18.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 21.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 22.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) see-through colour (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) H (c) 2H (d) HB
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) square (d) cone
- 25.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a laser beam (d) a lightning bolt
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) texture
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 29.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a brick (b) a dice (c) a globe (d) a marble
- 31.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, light washes
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
- 34.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the bottom
- 35.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 37.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 39.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 9
- soft, dark marks
- good brush care
- glue
- 4
- gaps between things
- medium marks
- white to black
- cube
- False
- rinsing between colours
- wide, straight strokes
- on the horizon line
- True
- a candle
- True
- bad for the brush
- False
- True
- cone
- 0
- do not smudge easily
- 2B
- cone
- a lightning bolt
- shape
- leaving it in water
- wavy line
- 6
- a brick
- True
- soft, light washes
- overlaps other things
- the side facing the lamp
- smudging with a finger
- cuboid
- rinsing between colours
- cross-hatching
- light value
- True
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