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 the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
- 2.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 3.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 5.True or false: we use an easel for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
- 7.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
- 8.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
- 9.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
- 12.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) B (b) H (c) HB (d) 2H
- 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 16.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 20.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 27.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 28.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) dashes on a road (c) a wriggling snake (d) a laser beam
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 30.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 31.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 32.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
- 34.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 35.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
- 36.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a toothpick
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
- 38.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cylinder
Answer key
- a hue, like red or blue
- bright, flat colour
- True
- good brush care
- False
- ocean waves
- a wavy line
- a tall lamp post
- False
- False
- value
- B
- the side away from light
- False
- foreground
- 8
- False
- False
- near the viewer
- hatching
- palette
- cube
- bristles up or flat
- 7
- False
- good brush care
- the side facing the lamp
- a laser beam
- pencil
- dark value
- True
- hatching
- a flat 2D area
- bad for the brush
- a table top
- a wide flat brush
- colour
- False
- False
- cylinder
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