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 paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) soft, light washes
- 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) star
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) form
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) easel (d) palette
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
- 11.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) feet (d) knees
- 13.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 14.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 15.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 17.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 19.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
- 20.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 21.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
- 23.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 24.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
- 26.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
- 28.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) a wriggling snake (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 30.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) sponge (d) masking tape
- 32.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
- 33.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
- 34.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 36.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
- 37.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 40.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) high (c) hard (d) heavy
Answer key
- watercolour
- 7
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- star
- False
- form
- easel
- highlight
- how light or dark it is
- True
- eyes
- soft, light washes
- horizontal
- False
- medium marks
- False
- a 2D shape
- a spiral
- hard, waxy sticks
- wide, straight strokes
- a sense of near and far
- smooth, soft tones
- False
- has height, width, depth
- False
- thick, opaque paint
- True
- a ruler’s edge
- False
- water pot
- giving a pencil a point
- dabbing soft textures
- False
- background
- texture
- geometric shape
- False
- wavy line
- hard
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