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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: we use masking tape for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 6.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 9.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 13.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 17.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) grey lines for sketching
- 18.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 22.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 23.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 24.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 28.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) square (c) circle (d) star
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 33.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the top of the scene (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 35.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 36.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) square (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
- 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) 2H
- 39.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) thick, opaque paint
- 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- False
- False
- False
- soft, dark marks
- True
- 7
- horizontal
- False
- sphere
- False
- shadow side
- near the viewer
- medium marks
- hard, light marks
- value
- soft, creamy sticks
- False
- foreground
- True
- organic shape
- True
- the dark shape it throws
- shows less detail
- looks smaller
- the part in between
- stippling
- cube
- things that look biggest
- poster colour
- looks furry or scaly
- watercolour
- cylinder
- the top of the scene
- 12
- square
- line
- 2H
- do not smudge easily
- False
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