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.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 2.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a marble (b) a dice (c) a sugar cube (d) a shoe box
- 4.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 5.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
- 6.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) thick, opaque paint (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 9.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
- 13.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 14.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 18.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) square
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 20.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 24.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) fine lines and details
- 25.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 26.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 30.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 31.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 33.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 35.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 6B
- 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
- 38.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 40.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
Answer key
- light value
- foreground
- a marble
- a 3D form
- on the right side
- True
- True
- do not smudge easily
- False
- bad for the brush
- background
- scrubbing hard on paper
- vertical
- True
- True
- horizontal
- pencil
- sphere
- near the viewer
- True
- cross-hatching
- round brush
- True
- rinsing brushes
- a 3D form
- a 3D form
- frame
- 7
- 6B
- horizontal
- False
- straight line
- True
- hatching
- 4H
- a leaning ladder
- has height, width, depth
- True
- washing with mild soap
- a 3D form
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