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: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) square (d) circle
- 6.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
- 8.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 12.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) elbows (d) knees
- 13.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 15.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 17.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
- 20.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) a coiled rope (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a lightning bolt
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) sphere (d) star
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) line
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
- 25.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 26.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 28.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 29.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
- 32.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 33.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) see-through colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
- 35.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 36.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) H
- 37.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 38.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 39.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
Answer key
- False
- True
- watercolour
- 7
- cylinder
- vertical
- a solid 3D object
- False
- True
- True
- watercolour
- eyes
- True
- its shadow on the table
- a 2D shape
- soft, dark marks
- False
- True
- space
- a lightning bolt
- easel
- star
- shape
- shape
- watercolour
- False
- a 3D form
- looks paler and bluer
- dark value
- shape
- frame
- texture
- hard, waxy sticks
- sits lower on the page
- cast shadow
- 4B
- bristles up or flat
- mixing colours
- False
- lines all one way
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