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.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 2.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
- 4.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) circle (d) cube
- 5.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) mixed with lots of water (d) grey lines for sketching
- 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
- 9.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 10.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a cube (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
- 11.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 13.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 14.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) on the ceiling (c) in the sky (d) above the object
- 15.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 16.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 17.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 20.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a straight line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) highlight (d) border
- 23.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 24.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
- 28.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 29.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 31.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
- 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 35.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks paler and bluer
- 38.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) light first outlines
- 39.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
Answer key
- geometric shape
- 2H
- reshaping the tip
- cube
- False
- cross-hatching
- grey lines for sketching
- a solid 3D object
- good brush care
- a shape
- True
- the part in between
- False
- under the object
- cube
- blending
- bad for the brush
- value
- highlight
- a wavy line
- 7
- vanishing point
- dotted or broken line
- background
- 4
- False
- only length and width
- sphere
- False
- 4B
- True
- a sleeping person
- a moving dot’s path
- far away
- True
- False
- looks paler and bluer
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- geometric shape
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