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.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 5.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the bottom of the page
- 7.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 8.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
- 11.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) star (d) circle
- 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 15.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 17.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
- 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
- 19.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) far hills and the sky
- 22.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) B (d) HB
- 24.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour
- 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 26.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 28.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
- 29.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 32.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) star
- 33.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) stitches on cloth (d) the teeth of a saw
- 34.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 37.🖌️ 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
- 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 40.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
Answer key
- good brush care
- near the viewer
- watercolour
- looks smaller
- dark value
- far hills and the sky
- dark value
- False
- False
- easel
- mixed with lots of water
- cylinder
- True
- diagonal
- sphere
- cube
- leaving it in water
- a solid 3D object
- True
- 7
- the part nearest you
- False
- B
- bright, flat colour
- medium marks
- False
- horizontal
- water and mild soap
- 0
- hard, light marks
- 4
- cone
- a snail shell
- 4
- False
- blending
- bristles up or flat
- a long, thin mark
- leaving it in water
- 6B
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