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.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
- 2.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
- 5.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 6.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
- 9.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 10.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 11.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
- 15.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 16.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 23.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 24.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 28.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) bright, flat colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
- 31.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 32.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 34.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
- 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
- 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- what a rainbow shows
- False
- diagonal
- form
- 1
- True
- True
- a laser beam
- organic shape
- good brush care
- light first outlines
- watercolour
- the side away from light
- colour
- 2B
- a wavy line
- blending
- soft, dark marks
- 7
- True
- False
- cylinder
- 6
- a 2D shape
- True
- True
- washing with mild soap
- blend with a fingertip
- shape
- easel
- good brush care
- True
- near the viewer
- False
- round brush
- how light or dark it is
- False
- 9
- middle ground
- True
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