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: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 3.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a small round brush (c) a sponge (d) a wide flat brush
- 4.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 8.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) hot (c) heavy (d) high
- 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
- 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
- 11.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 12.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 15.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) where light hits most (d) its shadow on the table
- 17.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 18.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 20.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 21.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 27.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
- 28.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
- 30.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 31.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) star
- 35.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 37.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
- 40.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a snail shell (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) dashes on a road
Answer key
- False
- near the viewer
- a small round brush
- False
- False
- the top of the scene
- cross-hatching
- hard
- a wide flat brush
- a flat 2D area
- dark value
- True
- True
- 4
- organic shape
- where light hits most
- zigzag lines
- on the right side
- wavy line
- a 2D shape
- a spiral
- 7
- False
- leaving it in water
- shape
- spiral line
- a person standing tall
- 2
- a moving dot’s path
- vertical
- 2H
- medium marks
- watercolour
- star
- True
- straight line
- bad for the brush
- flat brush
- how light or dark it is
- a snail shell
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