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 kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 2.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 3.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 4.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a standing tree trunk
- 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 9.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 10.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
- 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 13.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 16.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 17.What do we use a sponge for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 20.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 22.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 24.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) B (d) 6B
- 25.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) square
- 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 2B (c) H (d) 6B
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) star (d) cylinder
- 30.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) cube
- 32.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) square (c) sphere (d) cone
- 33.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) space
- 37.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 38.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 40.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- hard, light marks
- a 3D form
- good brush care
- True
- shows more detail
- line
- a sleeping person
- a leaning ladder
- diagonal
- dark value
- a flat 2D area
- True
- cross-hatching
- far hills and the sky
- reshaping the tip
- 4H
- dabbing soft textures
- True
- eyes
- True
- bristles up or flat
- 4
- pencil
- 4H
- cuboid
- H
- near the viewer
- True
- star
- False
- rectangle
- sphere
- light value
- near the viewer
- True
- texture
- cuboid
- False
- vertical lines
- a 2D shape
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