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 element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 2.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 6.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) H (d) 6B
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 8.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 10.True or false: we use an easel for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 12.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) B
- 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) where light hits most
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
- 18.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) square (d) sphere
- 21.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
- 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
- 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 24.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4B (c) H (d) HB
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) round brush
- 27.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 29.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 32.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 33.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 34.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 35.True or false: we use a water pot for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) oval
- 37.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 38.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a flag in the wind (d) dashes on a road
- 39.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- value
- bad for the brush
- True
- True
- rinsing between colours
- 6B
- wax crayons
- False
- texture
- False
- 12
- HB
- False
- dark value
- hard, light marks
- the dark shape it throws
- shows more detail
- True
- False
- sphere
- smooth, soft tones
- a long, thin mark
- horizontal lines
- 4B
- False
- masking tape
- bad for the brush
- shape
- True
- True
- cast shadow
- 6B
- light value
- dots packed close
- False
- cuboid
- 8
- a flag in the wind
- True
- True
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