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 scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 2.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) masking tape
- 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 7.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 10.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
- 12.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
- 14.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) space
- 16.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
- 19.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) where the lines cross (c) off the page (d) in a corner
- 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
- 21.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks smaller (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
- 23.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 24.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 30.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
- 31.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 32.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
- 33.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 2D shape (c) a 3D form
- 36.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 37.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: we use a palette for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 40.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- bad for the brush
- True
- masking tape
- True
- a 3D form
- spiral line
- dotted or broken line
- value
- background
- standing on its bristles
- has height, width, depth
- False
- glue
- highlight
- shape
- dark value
- line
- easel
- where the lines cross
- cube
- sphere
- looks smaller
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- True
- 9
- highlight
- True
- is partly hidden
- many parallel lines
- geometric shape
- a small round brush
- False
- False
- a 3D form
- bad for the brush
- True
- False
- lines all one way
- False
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