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.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) H
- 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 6B (d) B
- 7.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
- 8.🌳 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
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) space
- 10.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 12.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 13.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 15.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 18.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 20.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 22.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
- 24.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 25.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) light first outlines
- 28.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 30.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 32.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 34.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 36.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 38.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 39.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 40.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a 3D form
- 7
- False
- 6B
- False
- 2H
- see-through colour
- farther away
- value
- True
- water pot
- stippling
- False
- cube
- True
- True
- pencil
- diagonal
- line
- 6B
- cone
- the brightest spot
- bristles up or flat
- a 3D form
- True
- dark value
- light first outlines
- False
- diagonal
- a 2D shape
- overlaps other things
- False
- hatching
- True
- looks smaller
- False
- far away
- middle ground
- wavy line
- True
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