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 flat outline (b) a 2D shape (c) a 3D form
- 2.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) dots packed close (d) lots of tiny dots
- 3.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a leaning ladder
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
- 8.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 10.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 11.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
- 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 13.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 14.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 2H
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
- 16.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
- 19.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 21.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 24.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a shoe box (b) a traffic cone (c) a brick (d) a water pipe
- 25.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
- 27.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 28.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 29.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 30.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
- 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
- 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
- 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
Answer key
- a 3D form
- many parallel lines
- True
- True
- a table top
- 7
- do not smudge easily
- diagonal
- masking tape
- bristles up or flat
- see-through colour
- cylinder
- geometric shape
- HB
- shape
- a 2D shape
- a playground slide
- colour
- True
- near the viewer
- True
- a 2D shape
- drying bristles up
- a water pipe
- good brush care
- the dark shape it throws
- light value
- a 2D shape
- pyramid
- False
- a wavy line
- letting paint dry on it
- the edge of a calm sea
- reshaping the tip
- True
- True
- poster colour
- palette
- form
- cast shadow
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