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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 3.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
- 4.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
- 7.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) HB
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 9.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 13.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
- 14.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) where the lines cross (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
- 15.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 16.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 17.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
- 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
- 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
- 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
- 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 23.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) border (c) background (d) focal point
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) stitches on cloth (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
- 27.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) oval
- 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
- 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 34.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 35.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) big (b) black (c) blue (d) brown
- 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 39.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- cube
- texture
- do not smudge easily
- good brush care
- sphere
- the part in between
- HB
- shadow side
- True
- False
- True
- 0
- a small round brush
- where the lines cross
- a shape
- diagonal
- looks bigger
- the area around objects
- how light or dark it is
- True
- looks furry or scaly
- horizontal lines
- focal point
- False
- True
- a laser beam
- True
- False
- oval
- False
- True
- what a rainbow shows
- the side away from light
- 1
- black
- a hue, like red or blue
- its shadow on the table
- space
- False
- False
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