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, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 4.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) hot (c) heavy (d) high
- 5.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
- 7.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
- 9.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 11.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cube (d) oval
- 13.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 17.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 19.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
- 21.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 22.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 24.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 26.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 30.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 31.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 35.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 36.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) smooth, soft tones (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
- 40.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- the side away from light
- watercolour
- diagonal lines
- hard
- False
- colour
- True
- a solid 3D object
- False
- near the viewer
- True
- cube
- True
- bad for the brush
- the darker half of it
- wax crayons
- geometric shape
- foreground
- True
- frame
- looks smaller
- False
- 4H
- 1
- value
- False
- criss-cross lines
- False
- False
- dark value
- thick, opaque paint
- True
- True
- horizontal lines
- 7
- True
- smooth, soft tones
- the area around objects
- space
- True
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