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 good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
- 3.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
- 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 7.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 8.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 9.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) circle
- 13.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
- 15.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) form
- 19.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a playground slide
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
- 24.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 26.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) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 28.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
- 30.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) grey lines for sketching
- 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 32.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 34.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) easel
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
- 40.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- rinsing between colours
- cylinder
- True
- True
- texture
- hard, light marks
- a 3D form
- False
- holding paper flat
- 7
- True
- circle
- True
- a spiral
- True
- hard, light marks
- how light or dark it is
- value
- False
- False
- False
- a tall lamp post
- easel
- a shape
- letting paint dry on it
- the side away from light
- foreground
- wavy line
- gaps between things
- hard, waxy sticks
- sits lower on the page
- diagonal
- cast shadow
- False
- True
- easel
- rinsing between colours
- texture
- has height, width, depth
- True
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