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 do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
- 2.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 4H (d) H
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 6.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 12.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 13.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
- 16.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 17.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
- 19.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 20.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 21.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) overlaps other things (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a wriggling snake (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 25.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the side away from it (c) the bottom
- 26.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
- 28.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 30.What do we use masking tape for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) oval (c) cube (d) rectangle
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 34.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) sharpener
- 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) grey lines for sketching
- 40.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
Answer key
- water and mild soap
- HB
- zigzag line
- dotted or broken line
- cylinder
- True
- False
- space
- the brightest spot
- False
- the bottom of the page
- diagonal
- False
- straight line
- drying bristles up
- is partly hidden
- True
- shape
- zigzag line
- 4
- False
- overlaps other things
- 7
- the teeth of a saw
- the side facing the lamp
- organic shape
- only length and width
- cross-hatching
- soft, dark marks
- holding paper flat
- cube
- texture
- near the viewer
- dark value
- False
- flat brush
- soft, dark marks
- False
- grey lines for sketching
- bad for the brush
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