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: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) sits lower on the page
- 3.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 4.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
- 5.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4B (c) 2H (d) 2B
- 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 7.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 9.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) giving a pencil a point
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) value
- 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
- 13.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) ocean waves (c) the teeth of a saw (d) stitches on cloth
- 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 15.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 16.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) H
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 18.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a person standing tall (c) a table top (d) a leaning ladder
- 20.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) line
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) cone
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 27.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 33.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
- 35.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- sits near the horizon
- sphere
- dashes on a road
- 2H
- False
- shadow side
- leaving it in water
- giving a pencil a point
- texture
- value
- form
- a coiled rope
- sponge
- vertical
- B
- cuboid
- organic shape
- a table top
- horizontal
- hard, light marks
- near the viewer
- space
- oval
- True
- washing with mild soap
- False
- True
- True
- False
- False
- drying bristles up
- False
- frame
- True
- form
- looks furry or scaly
- line
- cube
- True
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