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 pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 4H (d) H
- 2.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 3.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 4.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
- 6.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 7.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 11.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) value
- 13.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 14.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 17.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 21.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
- 22.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 24.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
- 25.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 27.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 29.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) pyramid (d) cylinder
- 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) square (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) cylinder
- 32.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
- 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cube
- 39.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
Answer key
- B
- shadow side
- criss-cross lines
- True
- washing with mild soap
- good brush care
- giving a pencil a point
- oil pastels
- hard, light marks
- near the viewer
- rinsing between colours
- form
- 4
- False
- 7
- looks paler and bluer
- False
- True
- False
- straight line
- overlaps other things
- a 3D form
- soft, dark marks
- dabbing soft textures
- diagonal
- dotted or broken line
- False
- vertical
- False
- oval
- square
- wavy line
- a sleeping person
- False
- False
- organic shape
- shows less detail
- cone
- 9
- rough, smooth or bumpy
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