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 bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) square (d) star
- 5.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 6.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) easel (d) palette
- 9.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 10.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 12.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
- 14.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 16.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cone
- 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) sponge
- 19.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
- 21.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) star (c) circle (d) cone
- 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) is partly hidden
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 26.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
- 27.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a laser beam looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows less detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
- 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) oval (d) cylinder
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 35.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a person standing tall
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
Answer key
- leaving it in water
- True
- the part nearest you
- sphere
- the part farthest away
- False
- a 2D shape
- easel
- False
- diagonal
- the darker half of it
- True
- the part in between
- good brush care
- far hills and the sky
- True
- cuboid
- sponge
- False
- a flat 2D area
- True
- soft, dark marks
- cone
- overlaps other things
- highlight
- looks bigger
- True
- False
- False
- sits lower on the page
- True
- True
- cylinder
- cube
- a person standing tall
- wax crayons
- 7
- its shadow on the table
- True
- the area around objects
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