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.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 2.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sponge
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 7.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 11.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, light washes
- 12.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) far hills and the sky
- 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 14.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 15.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 16.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 17.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) in a corner (c) off the page (d) where the lines cross
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 20.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
- 26.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 27.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) B
- 31.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 35.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
- 37.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) dashes on a road (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a ruler’s edge
- 39.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
Answer key
- False
- light value
- sharpener
- 7
- True
- line
- False
- zigzag lines
- a wide flat brush
- hard, light marks
- grey lines for sketching
- far hills and the sky
- soft, dark marks
- 4
- a person standing tall
- see-through colour
- False
- where the lines cross
- hard, light marks
- True
- False
- False
- True
- soft, dark marks
- form
- leaving it in water
- True
- False
- True
- HB
- 2
- soft, dark marks
- cross-hatching
- the part nearest you
- smooth, soft tones
- looks furry or scaly
- True
- a row of pointy peaks
- 12
- space
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