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 art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 6.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows less detail (d) shows more detail
- 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 10.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
- 12.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 14.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
- 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a brick (b) a football (c) a dice (d) a traffic cone
- 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
- 19.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a brick (b) a globe (c) a traffic cone (d) a football
- 22.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
- 25.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 29.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 32.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 34.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 35.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
Answer key
- wax crayons
- True
- True
- the part farthest away
- letting paint dry on it
- shows less detail
- True
- False
- hard, light marks
- geometric shape
- frame
- False
- 2
- dots packed close
- rinsing between colours
- watercolour
- a football
- is partly hidden
- vertical
- spiral line
- a traffic cone
- False
- sits near the horizon
- sits lower on the page
- True
- False
- False
- easel
- True
- True
- cone
- True
- a 3D form
- 6B
- True
- False
- holding a board upright
- standing on its bristles
- True
- a ruler’s edge
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