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: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 3.True or false: we use a sponge for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 5.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 7.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 11.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) overlaps other things
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 15.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
- 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 19.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) high (c) hard (d) heavy
- 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 22.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 23.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 27.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 29.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
- 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 36.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) square
- 37.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 38.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
- 40.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
Answer key
- False
- horizontal
- False
- blending
- vertical
- far away
- True
- False
- many parallel lines
- 2B
- True
- True
- overlaps other things
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- True
- the area around objects
- round brush
- True
- hard
- leaving it in water
- 2H
- horizontal
- hard, light marks
- highlight
- wavy line
- False
- wax crayons
- False
- organic shape
- space
- True
- False
- colour
- sphere
- sphere
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- standing on its bristles
- holding a board upright
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