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: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a cut-here line (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 3.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 4.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) above the object (c) on the ceiling (d) in the sky
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 6.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 9.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 10.True or false: we use a round brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) square
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) triangle (c) pyramid (d) cone
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
- 17.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) a flag in the wind (d) a wriggling snake
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 20.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
- 23.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 25.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 27.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
- 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) B (d) 2B
- 32.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 34.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
- 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 40.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
Answer key
- True
- a ruler’s edge
- good brush care
- under the object
- foreground
- cube
- 7
- False
- 0
- False
- square
- triangle
- line
- False
- far away
- mixing colours
- a snail shell
- wax crayons
- zigzag lines
- True
- horizontal
- frame
- True
- the edge of a calm sea
- True
- a flag in the wind
- True
- holding paper flat
- the side away from light
- shape
- H
- a 3D form
- cross-hatching
- True
- soft, dark marks
- the area around objects
- True
- False
- hard, light marks
- looks paler and bluer
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