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 is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
- 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 3.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 4.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 5.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 7.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) H
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 9.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 10.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 11.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 12.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) oval (d) cuboid
- 15.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) sphere (c) square (d) oval
- 21.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a shoe box (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a matchbox (d) a globe
- 23.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
- 25.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 28.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) circle
- 29.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 30.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 31.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 33.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 34.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 35.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) oval (d) square
- 36.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 37.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) easel (d) round brush
- 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
Answer key
- leaving it in water
- sits lower on the page
- True
- dark value
- False
- blending
- B
- watercolour
- a shape
- reshaping the tip
- good brush care
- True
- a solid 3D object
- cuboid
- True
- True
- dark value
- looks paler and bluer
- wavy line
- sphere
- holding paper flat
- a globe
- lots of tiny dots
- frame
- True
- a 2D shape
- sits near the horizon
- cube
- 4H
- dark value
- True
- thick, opaque paint
- 9
- 8
- pyramid
- False
- holding a board upright
- easel
- False
- diagonal lines
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