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.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 6.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 7.True or false: we use a round brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) rectangle
- 11.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
- 12.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
- 14.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 17.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) star
- 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 22.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
- 24.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 25.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 27.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
- 29.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 30.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
- 31.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a matchbox (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a party hat (d) a football
- 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
- 35.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 36.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
- 40.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the frame (b) in the foreground (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the horizon line
Answer key
- False
- False
- True
- diagonal lines
- 7
- 6
- False
- bad for the brush
- value
- rectangle
- light first outlines
- False
- washing with mild soap
- good brush care
- sphere
- straight line
- True
- soft, dark marks
- poster colour
- star
- horizontal lines
- False
- a solid 3D object
- holding a board upright
- rinsing brushes
- spiral line
- a 3D form
- lots of tiny dots
- on the right side
- standing on its bristles
- True
- False
- a football
- what a rainbow shows
- organic shape
- True
- washing with mild soap
- line
- gaps between things
- on the horizon line
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