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.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 5.True or false: we use an easel for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 4H (d) 2B
- 7.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 8.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a brick (b) a candle (c) a matchbox (d) a sugar cube
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) square
- 11.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 13.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) square (c) cube (d) sphere
- 15.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours
- 16.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 18.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part farthest away
- 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
- 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 22.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 23.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 28.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
- 33.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 34.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 37.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 39.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
Answer key
- False
- True
- False
- vertical
- False
- HB
- horizontal
- a wavy line
- a candle
- cube
- watercolour
- highlight
- False
- sphere
- fine lines and details
- geometric shape
- True
- the part farthest away
- a long, thin mark
- False
- smooth, soft tones
- straight line
- True
- overlaps other things
- cross-hatching
- soft, dark marks
- blending
- False
- wax crayons
- foreground
- letting paint dry on it
- value
- texture
- False
- pencil
- how light or dark it is
- True
- hatching
- True
- a sense of near and far
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