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 element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
- 2.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
- 4.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
- 7.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 13.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 14.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 16.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 20.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) see-through colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
- 21.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) star (c) cube (d) square
- 22.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) eyes (c) knees (d) feet
- 24.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 27.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 29.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) form
- 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 32.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 34.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 36.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 37.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a dotted line
- 38.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 39.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
Answer key
- texture
- dark value
- value
- False
- good brush care
- from white to black
- True
- True
- False
- True
- True
- 4
- soft, creamy sticks
- cone
- blending
- shows less detail
- middle ground
- watercolour
- the brightest spot
- grey lines for sketching
- cube
- True
- eyes
- False
- True
- 6
- True
- sphere
- 7
- space
- background
- True
- a 2D shape
- good brush care
- foreground
- False
- a wavy line
- 0
- False
- highlight
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