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 the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 3.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 4.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) light first outlines (c) blend with a fingertip (d) soft, light washes
- 5.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 7.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
- 10.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 11.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 12.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 15.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 16.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 17.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a snail shell (d) a laser beam
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
- 19.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
- 24.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
- 26.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 28.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
- 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 31.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 6B (d) HB
- 33.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) blend with a fingertip (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 38.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 39.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- can be seen all round
- lots of tiny dots
- background
- light first outlines
- True
- straight line
- True
- shows less detail
- form
- True
- 2H
- False
- easel
- background
- organic shape
- holding paper flat
- ocean waves
- glue
- a 2D shape
- sponge
- curved lines
- reshaping the tip
- a solid 3D object
- water and mild soap
- form
- dark value
- stippling
- True
- do not smudge easily
- how a surface feels
- False
- HB
- False
- False
- flat brush
- diagonal lines
- thick, opaque paint
- horizontal lines
- True
- far away
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