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.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 2.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a marble (b) a brick (c) a matchbox (d) an ice-cream cone
- 4.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) sharpener
- 7.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
- 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 11.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 15.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
- 17.True or false: we use masking tape for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 20.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 21.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 23.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 6B (d) H
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 26.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 28.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a water pipe (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a marble
- 31.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 32.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) taller (c) younger (d) farther away
- 34.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) background (c) border (d) horizon
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 37.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 38.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
- 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 40.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- the darker half of it
- 12
- an ice-cream cone
- 4B
- True
- round brush
- False
- the side facing the lamp
- watercolour
- shape
- horizontal
- True
- True
- zigzag line
- True
- soft, light washes
- False
- False
- soft, dark marks
- True
- vertical
- looks paler and bluer
- H
- far away
- 7
- is partly hidden
- foreground
- True
- how a surface feels
- a marble
- diagonal
- False
- farther away
- focal point
- blending
- 2H
- 9
- leaving it in water
- pencil
- False
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