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.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 5.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smooth, soft tones (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 6.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
- 9.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 10.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a laser beam
- 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a zigzag (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
- 14.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) oval
- 15.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 16.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 17.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 18.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a dice (c) a candle (d) a traffic cone
- 19.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 2D shape (c) a 3D form
- 20.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 21.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 22.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 23.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) sand
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 28.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 31.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) H (d) 4B
- 33.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 35.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
- 36.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 38.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) 2H
- 40.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- good brush care
- True
- far away
- hatching
- many parallel lines
- True
- rinsing between colours
- texture
- cube
- white to black
- a lightning bolt
- far away
- a spiral
- oval
- a 2D shape
- bad for the brush
- horizontal
- a traffic cone
- a 3D form
- on the right side
- giving a pencil a point
- wavy line
- False
- good brush care
- False
- water and mild soap
- square
- True
- False
- 7
- True
- HB
- False
- a 3D form
- dashes on a road
- True
- far away
- False
- 2H
- True
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