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 of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) square (d) cube
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 3.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 11.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) black (c) brown (d) big
- 12.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a snail shell (c) ocean waves (d) dashes on a road
- 13.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) light first outlines
- 14.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) masking tape
- 16.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 18.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 19.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
- 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 23.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a matchbox (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a water pipe (d) a shoe box
- 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
- 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
- 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 28.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
- 31.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a flag in the wind (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a coiled rope
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) space
- 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 34.True or false: we use a sponge for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
Answer key
- square
- sharpener
- False
- True
- bristles up or flat
- vertical lines
- oil pastels
- texture
- 7
- shape
- black
- dashes on a road
- mixed with lots of water
- organic shape
- water pot
- a 2D shape
- hatching
- 9
- a wriggling snake
- the part in between
- False
- hard, light marks
- an ice-cream cone
- a long, thin mark
- easel
- True
- diagonal lines
- False
- on the left side
- a wavy line
- a coiled rope
- space
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- soft, creamy sticks
- hard, light marks
- letting paint dry on it
- cylinder
- True
- background
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