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 pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a toothpick (d) a wide flat brush
- 2.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 4.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
- 9.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
- 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 12.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 19.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) knees
- 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) cuboid (d) square
- 27.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 29.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) 4B
- 30.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
- 34.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cube
- 36.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a water pipe (b) a candle (c) a sugar cube (d) a football
- 38.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 40.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
Answer key
- a wide flat brush
- True
- horizontal
- False
- False
- vertical
- background
- a shape
- True
- mixing colours
- background
- True
- False
- False
- sphere
- 9
- circle
- reshaping the tip
- True
- hard, light marks
- poster colour
- True
- eyes
- True
- shape
- cuboid
- False
- lots of tiny dots
- HB
- False
- a 3D form
- False
- form
- False
- cube
- True
- a football
- False
- 7
- lines all one way
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