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 the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
- 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) criss-cross lines (d) lots of tiny dots
- 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 4.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 6.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
- 10.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a form (c) a cube (d) a sculpture
- 11.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) texture
- 15.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 17.True or false: we use a sponge for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 20.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 21.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) rectangle (d) pyramid
- 23.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) on the frame (c) in the foreground (d) at the bottom edge
- 24.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 2H
- 25.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) mixed with lots of water
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
- 30.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 33.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a coiled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a lightning bolt
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 36.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) H
- 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 40.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a closed flat outline
- lots of tiny dots
- rinsing between colours
- water and mild soap
- background
- a 3D form
- True
- True
- value
- a shape
- True
- shape
- sits lower on the page
- texture
- False
- zigzag line
- False
- False
- watercolour
- a playground slide
- False
- pyramid
- on the horizon line
- 2H
- grey lines for sketching
- hatching
- 7
- watercolour
- glue
- False
- True
- 1
- a cut-here line
- form
- drying bristles up
- True
- True
- 4B
- diagonal lines
- False
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