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: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 3.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
- 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) easel
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 8.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
- 13.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
- 14.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 18.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) a football (c) a party hat (d) an ice-cream cone
- 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 20.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) star (d) cylinder
- 25.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 26.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 29.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 30.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 31.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a toothpick (d) a pencil
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) palette
- 33.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
- 35.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
- 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) light first outlines (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 40.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- many parallel lines
- easel
- line
- sponge
- True
- a table top
- True
- texture
- texture
- light first outlines
- False
- True
- washing with mild soap
- blending
- a football
- value
- light value
- standing on its bristles
- hard, light marks
- horizontal lines
- cylinder
- 2H
- True
- False
- shows more detail
- a 3D form
- 2
- a wide flat brush
- water pot
- True
- on the right side
- lines crossing over
- highlight
- do not smudge easily
- True
- vertical
- False
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