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: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 4.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 5.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) easel
- 11.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) near to far
- 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 13.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 15.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 16.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 18.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 20.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
- 21.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 23.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a snail shell
- 24.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a party hat (b) a globe (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
- 25.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 26.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 28.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
- 30.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 33.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) knees (d) eyes
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 35.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) easel
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 39.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
- 40.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
Answer key
- False
- False
- geometric shape
- cube
- 2B
- True
- frame
- hard, light marks
- 7
- water pot
- white to black
- value
- vertical
- texture
- diagonal
- False
- horizontal
- False
- spiral line
- rinsing brushes
- True
- good brush care
- a tightly pulled rope
- a party hat
- good brush care
- False
- dotted or broken line
- horizontal
- can be seen all round
- False
- True
- vertical lines
- eyes
- form
- dark value
- glue
- sharpener
- soft, dark marks
- wide, straight strokes
- bad for the brush
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