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 pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 2.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) pyramid (b) triangle (c) circle (d) rectangle
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
- 10.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 13.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
- 18.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a snail shell (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
- 20.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 22.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) see-through colour
- 24.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
- 25.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 26.True or false: we use a water pot for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) big (c) black (d) blue
- 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 34.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 35.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 37.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) cuboid (c) star (d) rectangle
- 39.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 40.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
Answer key
- 2B
- False
- True
- a 3D form
- pyramid
- 7
- False
- frame
- colour
- 1
- False
- sphere
- True
- True
- True
- False
- soft, light washes
- True
- a lightning bolt
- False
- light first outlines
- True
- see-through colour
- is partly hidden
- diagonal
- False
- cast shadow
- pencil
- True
- False
- black
- False
- zigzag lines
- highlight
- False
- soft, creamy sticks
- True
- cuboid
- wavy line
- vertical
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