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: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a person standing tall (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 3.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 7.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) star (d) cube
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a dice (b) a matchbox (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
- 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 16.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) cylinder (d) circle
- 19.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 20.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 21.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
- 22.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
- 24.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) light first outlines (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 25.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 28.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
- 31.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 3D form (c) a 2D shape
- 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 39.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 40.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- the edge of a calm sea
- False
- bad for the brush
- water pot
- spiral line
- False
- geometric shape
- 7
- False
- from white to black
- frame
- star
- a matchbox
- far away
- HB
- False
- circle
- sphere
- 4B
- on the left side
- organic shape
- lines crossing over
- thick, opaque paint
- False
- good brush care
- rectangle
- diagonal
- shows less detail
- glue
- False
- a 3D form
- the part farthest away
- oil pastels
- True
- True
- False
- cone
- smudging with a finger
- True
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