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.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
- 3.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 5.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 7.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 9.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 11.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) cylinder (c) triangle (d) square
- 12.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 13.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a jalebi (c) a laser beam (d) a lightning bolt
- 14.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
- 19.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) what a rainbow shows
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 22.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) wide, straight strokes
- 27.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
- 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) white to black
- 30.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 31.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
- 35.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) sponge
- 37.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 39.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 40.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- horizontal
- standing on its bristles
- bad for the brush
- blending
- a 2D shape
- spiral line
- diagonal
- soft, dark marks
- True
- 4
- cylinder
- light value
- a lightning bolt
- False
- True
- True
- False
- texture
- False
- a flat 2D area
- sharpener
- False
- False
- False
- True
- holding a board upright
- water and mild soap
- False
- white to black
- vertical
- True
- geometric shape
- 7
- what a rainbow shows
- far away
- masking tape
- False
- letting paint dry on it
- 2B
- False
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