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 brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) easel
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 9.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 11.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 12.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) H (d) B
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 17.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 24.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
- 25.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 26.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 29.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
- 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) H
- 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 35.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 39.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) a dice (c) a shoe box (d) a water pipe
- 40.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
Answer key
- a wide flat brush
- zigzag lines
- oval
- True
- line
- how a surface feels
- palette
- oil pastels
- False
- good brush care
- a tall lamp post
- smooth, soft tones
- H
- diagonal lines
- hard, light marks
- soft, dark marks
- True
- watercolour
- 7
- False
- line
- value
- looks smaller
- a shape
- bad for the brush
- holding paper flat
- looks bigger
- near the viewer
- a leaning ladder
- space
- False
- 2B
- leaving it in water
- soft, dark marks
- True
- cylinder
- poster colour
- cone
- a dice
- light value
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