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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 3.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 6B
- 4.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 5.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 4B (d) 4H
- 7.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 9.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) form
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
- 14.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a wavy line
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 16.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a candle (b) a brick (c) a sugar cube (d) an ice-cream cone
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) triangle
- 21.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 24.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 26.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a falling tree (d) a playground slide
- 30.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) smudging with a finger
- 31.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 34.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a globe (c) a water pipe (d) a traffic cone
- 37.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
- 40.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- shadow side
- near the viewer
- HB
- horizontal
- True
- 4H
- good brush care
- soft, dark marks
- False
- True
- colour
- True
- lines all one way
- a wavy line
- zigzag line
- on the right side
- soft, dark marks
- True
- a candle
- triangle
- False
- False
- geometric shape
- light value
- soft, dark marks
- True
- False
- far away
- a table top
- many parallel lines
- good brush care
- True
- diagonal
- 4
- line
- a traffic cone
- False
- the side away from light
- the part nearest you
- True
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