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 pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 2.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
- 3.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a laser beam (c) ocean waves (d) a flag in the wind
- 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 7.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) water pot (d) masking tape
- 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 11.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 12.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 15.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a water pipe (b) a candle (c) a sugar cube (d) a party hat
- 17.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
- 19.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) foreground (c) border (d) vanishing point
- 20.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
- 23.✏️ 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
- 24.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
- 26.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cuboid (c) star (d) square
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) sponge
- 31.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) knees (d) elbows
- 32.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 33.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) farther away (d) closer to you
- 34.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) B (d) HB
- 35.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 36.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 37.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 4B
- holding a board upright
- a laser beam
- the brightest spot
- value
- sponge
- True
- mixing colours
- easel
- far away
- horizontal
- False
- background
- wax crayons
- False
- a party hat
- False
- glue
- vanishing point
- is partly hidden
- hatching
- line
- the side facing the lamp
- dark value
- a sense of near and far
- True
- 7
- cuboid
- 4
- sharpener
- eyes
- 2H
- farther away
- HB
- False
- 0
- False
- its shadow on the table
- near the viewer
- False
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