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 value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
- 2.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
- 6.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 9.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 10.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) hot oil
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 12.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a dice (b) a candle (c) a traffic cone (d) a marble
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
- 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
- 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) star (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 23.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) background
- 24.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 26.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) lots of tiny dots (d) dots packed close
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 29.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 30.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the left side
- 31.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 32.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 33.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
- 35.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 36.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 2H
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
- 39.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 40.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- from white to black
- True
- 7
- form
- do not smudge easily
- True
- bristles up or flat
- letting paint dry on it
- leaving it in water
- water and mild soap
- near the viewer
- False
- True
- a candle
- easel
- near the viewer
- poster colour
- False
- False
- cube
- only length and width
- star
- focal point
- 2B
- horizontal lines
- lines all one way
- hatching
- False
- light value
- on the right side
- 1
- bad for the brush
- True
- frame
- lines crossing over
- False
- HB
- scrubbing hard on paper
- cross-hatching
- True
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