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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 2.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 5.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
- 6.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) hot oil (c) glue (d) sand
- 7.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 10.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 11.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 14.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 15.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
- 18.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 19.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 21.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) high (c) hot (d) hard
- 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 24.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
- 27.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) dashes on a road (c) ocean waves (d) stitches on cloth
- 28.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
- 30.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
- 32.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 33.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 36.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 37.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) triangle (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
Answer key
- value
- False
- False
- near the viewer
- holding paper flat
- water and mild soap
- False
- True
- 6
- cuboid
- False
- False
- water pot
- mixed with lots of water
- False
- 7
- easel
- bad for the brush
- False
- 6B
- hard
- False
- the part nearest you
- True
- form
- sits near the horizon
- ocean waves
- False
- smudging with a finger
- cylinder
- a spiral
- light value
- False
- a 3D form
- stippling
- organic shape
- wavy line
- False
- triangle
- space
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