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 of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a traffic cone (b) a drinking straw (c) a shoe box (d) an ice-cream cone
- 2.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 3.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
- 4.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
- 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 6.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 7.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 9.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 11.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 13.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
- 17.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) round brush
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
- 30.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
- 33.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) its shadow on the table
- 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
- 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 40.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
Answer key
- a shoe box
- light value
- from white to black
- on the left side
- shadow side
- overlaps other things
- False
- True
- 2B
- line
- True
- bad for the brush
- 4H
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a leaning ladder
- True
- watercolour
- diagonal lines
- False
- value
- True
- a small round brush
- far away
- vertical
- palette
- 7
- easel
- a tall lamp post
- good brush care
- hard, light marks
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- looks smaller
- the brightest spot
- the area around objects
- True
- False
- criss-cross lines
- diagonal
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