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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 2.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
- 3.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 4.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
- 7.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
- 9.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 10.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 11.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) 4B (c) B (d) 2B
- 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
- 13.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a sponge
- 17.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 21.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 22.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 25.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
- 27.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 32.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) square (d) cone
- 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
- 34.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) white to black (c) red to blue (d) near to far
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 37.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 39.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
- 40.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
Answer key
- medium marks
- mixing colours
- watercolour
- sphere
- letting paint dry on it
- the part in between
- dark value
- line
- True
- the part nearest you
- 2H
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- light value
- frame
- a small round brush
- False
- False
- 12
- near the viewer
- a 3D form
- True
- geometric shape
- overlaps other things
- a 2D shape
- shape
- False
- False
- cube
- a table top
- the darker half of it
- sphere
- how light or dark it is
- white to black
- pencil
- 9
- True
- 4
- a marble
- horizontal
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