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 you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
- 2.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) masking tape
- 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) square (c) rectangle (d) cube
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) HB
- 8.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a jalebi (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
- 10.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) B (d) 4H
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 12.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 13.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) B (d) 2H
- 14.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
- 15.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 18.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
- 20.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 22.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 25.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 28.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 29.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 30.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 31.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a matchbox (b) a shoe box (c) a traffic cone (d) a football
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 34.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 3D form (c) a 2D shape
- 36.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 37.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
- 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) palette (d) flat brush
Answer key
- water and mild soap
- True
- masking tape
- True
- cube
- 7
- HB
- False
- a ruler’s edge
- 4H
- easel
- 9
- B
- mixing colours
- True
- frame
- medium marks
- False
- a playground slide
- False
- 2B
- True
- False
- horizontal lines
- False
- False
- foreground
- stippling
- bad for the brush
- horizontal
- a football
- wax crayons
- True
- light value
- a 3D form
- leaving it in water
- True
- bristles up or flat
- horizontal lines
- easel
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