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 a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 2.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 4H (d) H
- 3.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 6.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 9.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) shape
- 11.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
- 13.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 14.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
- 15.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 18.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 20.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
- 22.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
- 25.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 26.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
- 28.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
- 29.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 30.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 32.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) bright, flat colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) easel
- 34.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 36.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
- 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
- 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 39.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
Answer key
- geometric shape
- B
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a person standing tall
- True
- rinsing brushes
- leaving it in water
- washing with mild soap
- True
- form
- True
- drying bristles up
- leaving it in water
- many parallel lines
- 0
- frame
- background
- False
- medium marks
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- False
- has height, width, depth
- straight line
- False
- the area around objects
- a laser beam
- diagonal
- True
- 7
- hard, waxy sticks
- easel
- True
- False
- giving a pencil a point
- how light or dark it is
- highlight
- False
- 9
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