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 of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
- 2.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 4.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 6.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
- 8.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 9.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 11.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 4B
- 13.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 14.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
- 15.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 16.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
- 18.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 6B
- 19.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 21.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) far hills and the sky (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) space
- 26.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 27.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 28.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) 4B
- 31.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 36.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
- 38.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) oval (d) triangle
- 39.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a flat 2D area
- diagonal
- circle
- a jalebi
- highlight
- False
- a leaning ladder
- criss-cross lines
- True
- False
- dark value
- 2H
- cross-hatching
- the edge of a calm sea
- organic shape
- rinsing brushes
- shape
- 6B
- True
- sits lower on the page
- geometric shape
- scrubbing hard on paper
- colour
- the part in between
- colour
- 6
- 2H
- False
- True
- 4H
- True
- 7
- True
- True
- spiral line
- bad for the brush
- frame
- cuboid
- False
- False
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