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: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 3.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 4.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 5.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 6.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
- 8.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
- 11.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 12.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
- 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 15.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 16.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 17.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
- 18.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
- 20.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 24.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
- 28.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) triangle (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
- 38.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
Answer key
- False
- False
- light value
- 0
- good brush care
- True
- overlaps other things
- False
- True
- glue
- wavy line
- True
- texture
- hard, light marks
- organic shape
- eyes
- light first outlines
- 4H
- a sense of near and far
- hatching
- 7
- near the viewer
- watercolour
- False
- False
- False
- a spiral
- diagonal
- far away
- 6B
- True
- good brush care
- watercolour
- hard, light marks
- the darker half of it
- triangle
- the part in between
- background
- far away
- bristles up or flat
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