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 grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) 2B
- 2.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
- 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
- 7.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) oval (c) rectangle (d) star
- 8.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 9.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the bottom of the page
- 15.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 16.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 17.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) cube (d) cone
- 19.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) oval (c) circle (d) cone
- 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
- 28.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 29.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 32.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) 2H
- 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 35.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) wide, straight strokes
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 37.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press lighter
- 38.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 39.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 40.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- HB
- False
- bad for the brush
- texture
- shows more detail
- a hue, like red or blue
- cube
- dark value
- 2H
- True
- True
- True
- False
- the part farthest away
- False
- hatching
- True
- oval
- False
- True
- 7
- a playground slide
- space
- washing with mild soap
- cone
- True
- colour
- vertical
- True
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- 2H
- False
- standing on its bristles
- giving a pencil a point
- watercolour
- press harder
- rinsing brushes
- geometric shape
- True
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