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 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 2.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) charcoal (d) pencil
- 3.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) H (d) 4H
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 7.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) oval
- 13.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
- 14.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 17.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a party hat (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a globe (d) a sugar cube
- 21.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
- 23.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) younger (c) farther away (d) taller
- 24.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
- 28.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) easel
- 31.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 32.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) light first outlines
- 34.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a laser beam (c) a wriggling snake (d) a coiled rope
- 35.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 36.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
- 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 38.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
Answer key
- cone
- poster colour
- HB
- True
- True
- leaving it in water
- False
- thick, opaque paint
- frame
- 7
- scrubbing hard on paper
- oval
- cube
- True
- True
- 6
- 9
- True
- value
- a sugar cube
- zigzag line
- looks bigger
- farther away
- where light hits most
- far away
- blending
- line
- overlaps other things
- the top of the scene
- sharpener
- geometric shape
- True
- mixed with lots of water
- a coiled rope
- soft, creamy sticks
- sits lower on the page
- diagonal lines
- good brush care
- letting paint dry on it
- dotted or broken line
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