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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 2.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) water pot
- 5.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 6.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
- 8.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) blend with a fingertip
- 12.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 14.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 15.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) cube
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) circle (c) triangle (d) cone
- 19.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
- 22.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 23.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) form
- 27.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 28.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a brick (b) a marble (c) a dice (d) a globe
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 30.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, light washes
- 37.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a dice (b) a party hat (c) a sugar cube (d) a drinking straw
- 39.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a snail shell (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a cut-here line
- 40.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
Answer key
- frame
- False
- medium marks
- water pot
- horizontal
- True
- thick, opaque paint
- False
- near the viewer
- False
- bright, flat colour
- dark value
- far away
- cube
- a tall lamp post
- cube
- poster colour
- cone
- stippling
- straight line
- form
- a 2D shape
- True
- spiral line
- False
- texture
- bristles up or flat
- a dice
- middle ground
- False
- its shadow on the table
- 7
- True
- True
- good brush care
- grey lines for sketching
- False
- a drinking straw
- a snail shell
- bad for the brush
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