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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) cuboid (d) square
- 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 9.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) shape
- 11.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 17.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 18.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 19.True or false: we use a water pot for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 21.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 25.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cube
- 26.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 28.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
- 29.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you
- 31.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 33.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 34.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
- 39.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
Answer key
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- cuboid
- soft, dark marks
- looks bigger
- hard, light marks
- False
- True
- a 3D form
- lots of tiny dots
- texture
- True
- True
- True
- straight line
- False
- True
- watercolour
- a shape
- False
- stippling
- False
- line
- soft, dark marks
- wavy line
- cuboid
- True
- line
- a small round brush
- texture
- the part farthest away
- True
- organic shape
- lines crossing over
- False
- True
- hard, light marks
- things that look biggest
- a flat 2D area
- True
- shows less detail
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