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.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
- 2.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) sits lower on the page
- 6.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 8.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
- 9.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) sphere (b) circle (c) star (d) oval
- 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 13.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a marble (b) a sugar cube (c) a brick (d) a candle
- 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 16.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) value
- 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
- 20.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 22.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) rectangle
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a brick (b) a globe (c) a football (d) a dice
- 26.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a jalebi (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 30.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 31.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 32.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) HB
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
- 34.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
- 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
Answer key
- giving a pencil a point
- True
- False
- hard, light marks
- looks smaller
- True
- a 3D form
- its shadow on the table
- True
- sphere
- the part nearest you
- background
- holding a board upright
- a marble
- drying bristles up
- False
- curved lines
- shape
- how light or dark it is
- a 3D form
- texture
- False
- rectangle
- 7
- a brick
- horizontal
- dashes on a road
- sits near the horizon
- 2B
- 12
- see-through colour
- HB
- form
- True
- bad for the brush
- True
- dark value
- frame
- what a rainbow shows
- rinsing between colours
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