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 clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
- 2.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) on the frame (c) at the bottom edge (d) in the foreground
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 5.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 7.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 10.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 11.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 12.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) B
- 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 14.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
- 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
- 16.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) square
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 20.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 22.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 24.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 26.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 27.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
- 29.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) easel
- 33.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 34.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) triangle (c) star (d) cuboid
- 38.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a sense of near and far
- 40.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- shows more detail
- False
- on the horizon line
- dotted or broken line
- True
- spiral line
- True
- form
- hard, light marks
- 4
- stippling
- HB
- False
- a wavy line
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- square
- True
- 4H
- shape
- True
- stippling
- True
- the brightest spot
- bad for the brush
- True
- the side facing the lamp
- False
- a hue, like red or blue
- True
- cone
- zigzag line
- round brush
- dotted or broken line
- light value
- True
- False
- cuboid
- False
- a solid 3D object
- False
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