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 called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) smooth, soft tones (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 2.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) farther away (d) closer to you
- 3.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
- 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
- 7.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
- 9.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
- 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 16.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 18.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a matchbox (b) a sugar cube (c) a globe (d) a candle
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) cone
- 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
- 21.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 22.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) white to black (c) near to far (d) red to blue
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 24.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) pyramid (d) triangle
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 30.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 33.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 35.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 36.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 4B (c) H (d) B
- 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a marble (c) a candle (d) a traffic cone
- 40.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- dots packed close
- farther away
- holding paper flat
- looks paler and bluer
- the brightest spot
- sits near the horizon
- horizontal
- the part in between
- True
- soft, dark marks
- colour
- overlaps other things
- False
- False
- a 2D shape
- True
- bristles up or flat
- a sugar cube
- circle
- a hue, like red or blue
- soft, creamy sticks
- white to black
- soft, dark marks
- True
- 6
- triangle
- blending
- horizontal lines
- hatching
- False
- 8
- frame
- False
- oval
- on the right side
- False
- H
- False
- a marble
- a 3D form
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