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: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 7.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 8.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: we use masking tape for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 18.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 20.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 21.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
- 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 24.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) ocean waves (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a laser beam
- 26.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) triangle (c) cone (d) star
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) smooth, soft tones (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
- 32.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 34.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 36.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 40.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
Answer key
- False
- True
- shows more detail
- shape
- far away
- far away
- hard, waxy sticks
- True
- False
- False
- True
- shape
- texture
- False
- True
- looks paler and bluer
- 7
- bad for the brush
- cast shadow
- 2B
- soft, creamy sticks
- poster colour
- soft, dark marks
- True
- ocean waves
- 4
- cone
- dots packed close
- poster colour
- True
- value
- True
- wavy line
- False
- 2B
- dark value
- True
- False
- False
- light value
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