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: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 6.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) where the lines cross (d) at the very edge
- 7.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
- 8.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) grey lines for sketching
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) its shadow on the table
- 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) square (c) cylinder (d) triangle
- 13.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a matchbox (b) a globe (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
- 15.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
- 18.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
- 19.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 21.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 22.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
- 24.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) background (d) horizon
- 26.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 27.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) a laser beam (d) a flag in the wind
- 28.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 30.📏 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
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) circle
- 38.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
Answer key
- False
- a 3D form
- poster colour
- True
- many parallel lines
- where the lines cross
- on the left side
- thick, opaque paint
- its shadow on the table
- True
- False
- cylinder
- True
- a sugar cube
- 0
- 9
- a long, thin mark
- a tall lamp post
- False
- False
- watercolour
- False
- a standing tree trunk
- False
- focal point
- 4
- a laser beam
- dotted or broken line
- vertical lines
- a spiral
- spiral line
- the darker half of it
- 7
- True
- bad for the brush
- far away
- circle
- True
- False
- bristles up or flat
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