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.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 2.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
- 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 7.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 8.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 9.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
- 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 14.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 15.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
- 16.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 17.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) feet (d) elbows
- 19.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) space
- 21.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) B
- 22.True or false: we use a round brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 24.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 25.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 30.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 33.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the bottom
- 36.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) things that look biggest
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
- 38.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
- 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a flag in the wind (c) a coiled rope (d) a snail shell
- 40.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- geometric shape
- dark value
- a person standing tall
- foreground
- space
- masking tape
- rinsing between colours
- 2B
- False
- shape
- 7
- a hue, like red or blue
- a falling tree
- 9
- a standing tree trunk
- dark value
- False
- eyes
- True
- form
- 2H
- False
- lines all one way
- leaving it in water
- False
- True
- True
- True
- highlight
- sphere
- glue
- soft, dark marks
- True
- True
- the side facing the lamp
- the part farthest away
- shape
- water and mild soap
- a flag in the wind
- a 2D shape
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