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 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
- 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) oval
- 4.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) knees (c) feet (d) eyes
- 5.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 6.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 7.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cube
- 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
- 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 11.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 12.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
- 14.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
- 15.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 17.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 19.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
- 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) star
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 27.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 28.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 29.True or false: we use a palette for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 32.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) bright, flat colour
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 34.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) background (c) border (d) focal point
- 35.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) red to blue (d) big to small
- 36.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 38.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 39.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) the edge of a calm sea
Answer key
- cylinder
- value
- cuboid
- eyes
- dotted or broken line
- good brush care
- horizontal
- cylinder
- a wide flat brush
- far away
- light value
- smudging with a finger
- shape
- grey lines for sketching
- False
- vertical
- 4
- cast shadow
- 4B
- how a surface feels
- star
- 7
- True
- True
- water pot
- form
- 2
- 8
- False
- bad for the brush
- sits near the horizon
- soft, creamy sticks
- wax crayons
- focal point
- white to black
- False
- light value
- a standing tree trunk
- False
- a tall lamp post
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