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 do we use a round brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) giving a pencil a point
- 2.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 3.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line
- 5.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
- 6.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
- 9.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 11.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 14.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) square (c) rectangle (d) cylinder
- 15.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 18.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a football (b) a candle (c) a party hat (d) a matchbox
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 23.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) above the object
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 2B
- 27.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 30.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 31.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
- 32.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
- 33.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 34.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 35.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 38.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 39.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 40.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- fine lines and details
- 9
- 2B
- colour
- cube
- dark value
- True
- a closed flat outline
- 2
- star
- True
- False
- wavy line
- cylinder
- False
- False
- diagonal
- False
- False
- cone
- a football
- foreground
- on the left side
- 7
- spiral line
- 4H
- good brush care
- False
- line
- the darker half of it
- wide, straight strokes
- dabbing soft textures
- sphere
- False
- mixing colours
- shows less detail
- drying bristles up
- a small round brush
- lots of tiny dots
- False
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