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 falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 3.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) red to blue
- 4.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 8.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: we use a water pot for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 14.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) space
- 17.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 18.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 23.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 25.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 28.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 30.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
- 32.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) star (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cube
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- cube
- white to black
- False
- shows more detail
- poster colour
- hatching
- False
- False
- False
- False
- watercolour
- 6B
- vertical
- line
- space
- zigzag line
- False
- False
- reshaping the tip
- zigzag lines
- wax crayons
- True
- hatching
- background
- True
- a 2D shape
- True
- near the viewer
- cross-hatching
- shows more detail
- True
- True
- False
- soft, dark marks
- soft, dark marks
- star
- watercolour
- False
- False
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