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 an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 2.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 3.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 4.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 7.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cylinder (c) star (d) oval
- 9.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 12.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 13.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) water pot
- 15.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 18.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 19.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 20.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) mixed with lots of water
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
- 23.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 24.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 28.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 29.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
- 30.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 31.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 32.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a drinking straw (c) a water pipe (d) a marble
- 33.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 35.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 36.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
- 37.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 38.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 40.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- 4B
- bristles up or flat
- False
- False
- geometric shape
- False
- cylinder
- False
- False
- line
- dotted or broken line
- a 3D form
- palette
- True
- True
- a 2D shape
- True
- 6B
- True
- hard, waxy sticks
- reshaping the tip
- the edge of a calm sea
- True
- shadow side
- watercolour
- washing with mild soap
- 8
- 4B
- on the right side
- holding a board upright
- an ice-cream cone
- False
- cube
- 0
- a wavy line
- geometric shape
- far hills and the sky
- texture
- True
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