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.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
- 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a laser beam (b) a cut-here line (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) the teeth of a saw
- 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
- 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
- 9.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) sphere (c) square (d) star
- 11.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 12.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 14.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smooth, soft tones (c) dots packed close (d) many parallel lines
- 15.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) on the frame (c) in the foreground (d) at the bottom edge
- 16.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 19.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 22.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
- 25.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 26.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 27.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) easel
- 31.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
- 33.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 36.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
- 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) palette
- 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
Answer key
- fine lines and details
- pencil
- standing on its bristles
- circle
- False
- a laser beam
- looks furry or scaly
- a flat 2D area
- False
- sphere
- soft, creamy sticks
- light value
- reshaping the tip
- smooth, soft tones
- on the horizon line
- stippling
- 7
- oil pastels
- True
- horizontal lines
- a sense of near and far
- light value
- far away
- a long, thin mark
- horizontal
- 2
- good brush care
- dots packed close
- soft, dark marks
- masking tape
- True
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- True
- True
- light value
- True
- texture
- reshaping the tip
- palette
- foreground
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