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.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
- 2.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 6.True or false: ocean waves looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 9.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) value
- 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
- 13.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) farther away
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 15.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 18.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 20.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 23.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 26.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) looks paler and bluer
- 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) palette
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
- 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 30.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
- 31.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles down (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
- 33.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
- 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 39.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 40.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- cube
- False
- True
- True
- value
- False
- True
- hatching
- False
- sits near the horizon
- colour
- can be seen all round
- farther away
- letting paint dry on it
- False
- True
- stippling
- dark value
- background
- False
- True
- hard, light marks
- cross-hatching
- poster colour
- soft, creamy sticks
- looks bigger
- round brush
- easel
- False
- the side away from light
- True
- bristles up or flat
- a spiral
- True
- True
- True
- False
- holding a board upright
- spiral line
- False
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