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 is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 2.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 4.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 5.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 7.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
- 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
- 10.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
- 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 12.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) drying bristles up
- 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form
- 16.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 17.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) red to blue (d) big to small
- 18.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 19.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) border (c) background (d) focal point
- 20.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 22.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 24.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
- 26.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) at the bottom edge (c) in the foreground (d) on the frame
- 29.True or false: we use a sharpener for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
- 32.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: we use a round brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a dice (b) a drinking straw (c) a water pipe (d) a football
- 35.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a globe (b) a party hat (c) a dice (d) a drinking straw
- 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 38.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cube
- 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) far hills and the sky
Answer key
- texture
- False
- spiral line
- overlaps other things
- False
- a 2D shape
- rinsing brushes
- texture
- easel
- lots of tiny dots
- hard, light marks
- False
- drying bristles up
- soft, dark marks
- space
- 4H
- white to black
- 8
- focal point
- looks smaller
- hatching
- False
- horizontal
- False
- shape
- True
- 7
- on the horizon line
- False
- True
- bright, flat colour
- False
- False
- a dice
- a 3D form
- a drinking straw
- hard, light marks
- False
- cube
- the bottom of the page
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