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 pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 2H (c) B (d) H
- 2.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a coiled rope (d) a wriggling snake
- 3.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 5.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
- 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 9.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 10.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 11.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 12.Which of these is called blending? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lots of tiny dots
- 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
- 15.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) texture
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
- 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 21.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 22.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 23.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 25.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
- 27.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
- 29.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
- 32.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 35.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 36.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
Answer key
- B
- a cut-here line
- True
- oval
- overlaps other things
- False
- thick, opaque paint
- sits near the horizon
- light value
- the side facing the lamp
- 2H
- smooth, soft tones
- False
- has height, width, depth
- True
- value
- background
- diagonal lines
- a hue, like red or blue
- value
- a 2D shape
- a 2D shape
- a 3D form
- hatching
- True
- things that look biggest
- True
- easel
- True
- False
- glue
- True
- scrubbing hard on paper
- soft, dark marks
- straight line
- light value
- True
- True
- False
- sits lower on the page
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