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 art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 4.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) grey lines for sketching (d) blend with a fingertip
- 8.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 9.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 10.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 11.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 13.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 14.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) hot (d) heavy
- 16.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 19.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a cube (c) a sculpture (d) a shape
- 20.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) the part nearest you
- 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 24.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
- 26.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) star (c) square (d) triangle
- 29.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 32.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a marble (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) an ice-cream cone
- 33.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
- 34.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a sleeping person
- 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 36.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 37.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) the teeth of a saw (c) stitches on cloth (d) ocean waves
- 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- sponge
- False
- shadow side
- True
- True
- poster colour
- grey lines for sketching
- many parallel lines
- 2B
- cross-hatching
- rinsing brushes
- texture
- a 3D form
- True
- hard
- True
- soft, dark marks
- diagonal lines
- a shape
- True
- circle
- the part farthest away
- washing with mild soap
- horizontal
- looks smaller
- lots of tiny dots
- far away
- cube
- True
- False
- a 2D shape
- a marble
- wide, straight strokes
- a leaning ladder
- frame
- a table top
- diagonal
- oil pastels
- ocean waves
- False
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