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.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
- 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 11.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 12.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: we use a sponge for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 18.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 22.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 23.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 24.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 25.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a cut-here line
- 28.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 29.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 30.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 31.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) border (d) vanishing point
- 33.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 35.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 40.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the left side
Answer key
- False
- False
- False
- False
- True
- shape
- texture
- space
- a moving dot’s path
- medium marks
- light value
- a 3D form
- True
- False
- False
- True
- horizontal
- False
- True
- False
- shadow side
- dark value
- fine lines and details
- cube
- False
- False
- a jalebi
- 12
- bristles up or flat
- diagonal
- True
- vanishing point
- light value
- the part in between
- True
- grey lines for sketching
- True
- True
- cube
- on the left side
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