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 a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 3.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 5.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 6.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a traffic cone (d) a candle
- 8.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 11.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
- 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
- 15.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
- 18.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 22.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 24.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 25.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
- 27.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a football (b) a sugar cube (c) a party hat (d) a drinking straw
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
- 35.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) things that look biggest
- 36.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 37.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 38.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 39.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) lots of tiny dots
- 40.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
Answer key
- False
- a 3D form
- True
- poster colour
- watercolour
- True
- a candle
- grey lines for sketching
- 7
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- a sense of near and far
- True
- a snail shell
- False
- where light hits most
- line
- 6
- False
- soft, dark marks
- hatching
- True
- far away
- horizontal
- rinsing brushes
- glue
- True
- how light or dark it is
- shape
- a football
- cone
- curved lines
- frame
- a long, thin mark
- far hills and the sky
- horizontal
- horizontal
- shows less detail
- smudging with a finger
- dark value
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