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.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 4.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 6.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) a sense of near and far
- 8.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) star (c) oval (d) sphere
- 11.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
- 14.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) B (c) 6B (d) H
- 17.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a snail shell (c) a jalebi (d) ocean waves
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 19.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 20.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) blend with a fingertip (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 21.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 22.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 23.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
- 25.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 26.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 27.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) form
- 29.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 4H (d) B
- 30.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
- 34.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
- 37.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a globe (c) a matchbox (d) a drinking straw
- 38.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) circle
- 40.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
Answer key
- True
- bad for the brush
- hard, light marks
- wavy line
- leaving it in water
- False
- has height, width, depth
- False
- a 2D shape
- sphere
- False
- sits near the horizon
- shape
- False
- wax crayons
- H
- a lightning bolt
- frame
- blending
- light first outlines
- 8
- organic shape
- True
- rinsing between colours
- good brush care
- bad for the brush
- a 2D shape
- space
- 4H
- False
- poster colour
- foreground
- the dark shape it throws
- False
- False
- its shadow on the table
- a globe
- background
- circle
- light value
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