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 of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 2.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 3.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 8.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 2D shape (c) a 3D form
- 9.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
- 11.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 12.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
- 14.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
- 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
- 18.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 21.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a sculpture (d) a form
- 24.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 26.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) circle (d) cube
- 29.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 31.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
- 32.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) H
- 33.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a wide flat brush
- 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 35.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
- 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
- 39.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 40.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- washing with mild soap
- a 3D form
- a 3D form
- space
- letting paint dry on it
- standing on its bristles
- glue
- a 3D form
- horizontal
- leaving it in water
- geometric shape
- lots of tiny dots
- a closed flat outline
- True
- True
- on the left side
- has height, width, depth
- False
- good brush care
- medium marks
- True
- False
- a shape
- geometric shape
- blending
- False
- straight line
- cube
- 1
- foreground
- a sleeping person
- 6B
- a small round brush
- near the viewer
- the part farthest away
- frame
- how a surface feels
- only length and width
- giving a pencil a point
- False
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