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.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 3.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a table top
- 4.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 6.True or false: we use a flat brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) add water
- 8.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the frame
- 11.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 14.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 15.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
- 17.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) circle
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 19.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) shape
- 24.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) high (d) heavy
- 25.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
- 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
- 31.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 33.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 35.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
- 38.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
Answer key
- a 2D shape
- shows less detail
- a playground slide
- horizontal
- 7
- False
- press harder
- True
- True
- on the horizon line
- True
- False
- 6B
- 2H
- True
- shape
- cube
- wax crayons
- on the left side
- True
- bad for the brush
- a hue, like red or blue
- line
- hard
- lots of tiny dots
- True
- True
- True
- texture
- value
- is partly hidden
- hard, light marks
- a 2D shape
- far away
- zigzag line
- sphere
- a wide flat brush
- False
- False
- leaving it in water
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