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 a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) square
- 2.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 3.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
- 6.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) use an eraser
- 8.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) in a corner (c) at the very edge (d) off the page
- 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 10.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a coiled rope (c) a jalebi (d) ocean waves
- 12.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 13.🖌️ 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
- 14.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cube (d) cone
- 15.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 19.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
- 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 22.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
- 23.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) dashes on a road (d) a snail shell
- 24.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
- 31.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
- 32.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 35.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a traffic cone (d) a water pipe
- 36.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 37.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
- 38.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
Answer key
- square
- 4
- 1
- hard, light marks
- glue
- False
- press harder
- where the lines cross
- value
- False
- ocean waves
- good brush care
- a wide flat brush
- cube
- horizontal
- scrubbing hard on paper
- 2B
- 7
- light first outlines
- the bottom of the page
- dark value
- smudging with a finger
- a snail shell
- diagonal
- rinsing between colours
- True
- True
- far away
- cross-hatching
- see-through colour
- dots packed close
- True
- 4H
- stippling
- a traffic cone
- good brush care
- rinsing brushes
- True
- True
- 8
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