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: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 2.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 3.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 4.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 6.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
- 10.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 11.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 12.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
- 13.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 14.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) H (c) HB (d) B
- 19.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 21.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
- 26.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 27.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) water pot
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 30.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 31.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a table top
- 35.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
- 38.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a snail shell (c) a ruler’s edge (d) ocean waves
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
Answer key
- True
- on the right side
- white to black
- False
- 9
- True
- zigzag line
- washing with mild soap
- shape
- organic shape
- smooth, soft tones
- rinsing brushes
- dark value
- True
- True
- True
- False
- H
- True
- a 3D form
- False
- True
- organic shape
- soft, dark marks
- sits lower on the page
- False
- the brightest spot
- masking tape
- 4
- good brush care
- a 2D shape
- False
- 7
- a falling tree
- False
- False
- a flat 2D area
- True
- a ruler’s edge
- spiral line
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