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 of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a party hat (b) a football (c) a sugar cube (d) a globe
- 2.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 3.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 4.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) triangle (c) cube (d) circle
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 6.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
- 7.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
- 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 11.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 12.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 13.True or false: we use a water pot for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
- 22.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smudging with a finger (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 24.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) palette
- 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
- 27.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) colour
- 30.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
- 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) B
- 32.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a falling tree (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
- 35.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 38.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
- 39.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) masking tape
Answer key
- a sugar cube
- False
- 4H
- cube
- curved lines
- cube
- organic shape
- oval
- from white to black
- wax crayons
- True
- 2B
- False
- True
- True
- do not smudge easily
- drying bristles up
- shape
- 7
- glue
- looks bigger
- blending
- lines crossing over
- good brush care
- palette
- where light hits most
- False
- far away
- form
- hard, waxy sticks
- 4H
- False
- False
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- looks smaller
- near the viewer
- bright, flat colour
- sits lower on the page
- sponge
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