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.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 3.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
- 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 7.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 10.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 13.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
- 15.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 4H (d) B
- 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) a candle (c) a matchbox (d) a globe
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 24.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 25.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 26.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
- 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 34.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) HB
- 35.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 37.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) bright, flat colour (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 38.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
- 40.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
Answer key
- bad for the brush
- a 2D shape
- a sleeping person
- texture
- where light hits most
- the darker half of it
- False
- True
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- scrubbing hard on paper
- sits near the horizon
- True
- a small round brush
- True
- 4H
- a playground slide
- diagonal lines
- 7
- 4B
- poster colour
- a candle
- letting paint dry on it
- 4
- see-through colour
- False
- a sense of near and far
- texture
- False
- pencil
- True
- False
- vertical lines
- HB
- True
- organic shape
- light first outlines
- 1
- overlaps other things
- good brush care
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