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 shaped like a cuboid? (a) a party hat (b) a matchbox (c) a candle (d) a traffic cone
- 2.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
- 7.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 8.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a flag in the wind (d) stitches on cloth
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 10.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 12.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 13.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a toothpick (d) a pencil
- 14.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 16.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
- 19.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 20.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 24.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) star
- 26.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) border (c) horizon (d) focal point
- 27.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 28.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 29.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
- 32.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 34.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a matchbox
- light value
- False
- True
- False
- value
- bad for the brush
- stitches on cloth
- overlaps other things
- cube
- horizontal lines
- 1
- a wide flat brush
- True
- the part farthest away
- 4
- background
- a long, thin mark
- 6B
- False
- True
- washing with mild soap
- oil pastels
- True
- star
- focal point
- False
- hatching
- 7
- can be seen all round
- where the lines cross
- True
- bad for the brush
- False
- False
- foreground
- watercolour
- line
- True
- True
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