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.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) circle
- 2.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
- 3.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) light first outlines (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
- 4.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 5.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) big to small
- 6.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 7.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 8.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) do not smudge easily (d) bright, flat colour
- 9.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) cuboid (c) star (d) rectangle
- 10.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) grey lines for sketching (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 13.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 14.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 16.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 18.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 19.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 21.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
- 23.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 27.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 29.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
- 31.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 33.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 37.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
- 40.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- cube
- the dark shape it throws
- light first outlines
- organic shape
- white to black
- good brush care
- 2B
- bright, flat colour
- cuboid
- soft, creamy sticks
- far away
- far away
- False
- on the right side
- sits near the horizon
- True
- spiral line
- rinsing brushes
- vertical
- cube
- True
- the side facing the lamp
- 2
- hard, light marks
- True
- cross-hatching
- True
- lines all one way
- eyes
- the bottom of the page
- wide, straight strokes
- leaving it in water
- value
- standing on its bristles
- letting paint dry on it
- watercolour
- False
- True
- the darker half of it
- True
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