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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 2.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) B (c) 2H (d) HB
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a coiled rope (c) dashes on a road (d) stitches on cloth
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 9.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles down (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
- 10.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 14.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 16.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) easel (d) masking tape
- 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 19.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) HB
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) oval (d) cylinder
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sharpener (b) round brush (c) masking tape (d) sponge
- 22.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 24.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 25.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) palette (c) round brush (d) flat brush
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) big to small
- 29.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 30.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 32.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) ocean waves (c) a cut-here line (d) a lightning bolt
- 35.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 38.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) add water (c) press harder (d) press lighter
- 39.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
Answer key
- background
- True
- B
- frame
- a wriggling snake
- overlaps other things
- True
- cuboid
- bristles up or flat
- sits lower on the page
- near the viewer
- hard, light marks
- cuboid
- bad for the brush
- stippling
- True
- easel
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- 2B
- oval
- sponge
- False
- drying bristles up
- light value
- True
- palette
- 7
- white to black
- 4
- True
- overlaps other things
- True
- True
- a lightning bolt
- True
- True
- dotted or broken line
- press harder
- on the left side
- shows less detail
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