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.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 2.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
- 4.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 6.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a sugar cube (b) a drinking straw (c) a dice (d) a football
- 10.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 12.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 13.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 2H (d) B
- 14.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 17.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 19.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 24.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a leaning ladder
- 26.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) colour
- 28.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
- 29.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a shoe box (b) a sugar cube (c) a brick (d) a party hat
- 30.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 31.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
- 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
- 34.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 40.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- blending
- True
- shows more detail
- False
- poster colour
- eyes
- False
- True
- a drinking straw
- False
- oil pastels
- dotted or broken line
- HB
- True
- False
- zigzag line
- bad for the brush
- soft, dark marks
- True
- looks smaller
- 7
- cast shadow
- bristles up or flat
- diagonal
- a sleeping person
- foreground
- colour
- a leaning ladder
- a party hat
- 2H
- wavy line
- letting paint dry on it
- easel
- False
- True
- do not smudge easily
- a closed flat outline
- cylinder
- the part farthest away
- True
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