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.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 2.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a party hat (b) a candle (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
- 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 5.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 8.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) square (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) texture
- 12.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a pencil (d) a small round brush
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) round brush (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 16.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 17.What do we use a sponge for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
- 19.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 24.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) white to black (c) big to small (d) red to blue
- 25.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 26.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, light washes
- 27.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 28.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
- 30.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) cuboid (d) square
- 32.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 34.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
- 35.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 38.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 1
- a marble
- shows more detail
- a sleeping person
- organic shape
- True
- cross-hatching
- square
- round brush
- pencil
- space
- a wide flat brush
- watercolour
- masking tape
- the darker half of it
- False
- dabbing soft textures
- form
- True
- True
- False
- a 2D shape
- shadow side
- white to black
- middle ground
- thick, opaque paint
- False
- the brightest spot
- only length and width
- True
- cuboid
- False
- diagonal
- a 3D form
- True
- glue
- far away
- False
- 7
- False
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