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 bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 3.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 5.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 6.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) circle
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 8.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a party hat (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
- 9.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
- 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
- 12.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 13.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
- 17.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 18.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a globe (c) a candle (d) a dice
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a matchbox (d) a globe
- 22.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) big (b) blue (c) brown (d) black
- 23.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
- 27.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) drying bristles up
- 29.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 35.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 36.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 38.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 39.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
Answer key
- leaving it in water
- diagonal lines
- the brightest spot
- True
- the part in between
- cube
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a marble
- vertical
- is partly hidden
- the area around objects
- horizontal
- cast shadow
- form
- shadow side
- value
- light value
- 2B
- space
- a traffic cone
- a globe
- black
- True
- value
- shadow side
- line
- True
- standing on its bristles
- True
- False
- False
- False
- oil pastels
- hatching
- a 3D form
- geometric shape
- hard, light marks
- 6
- dark value
- 7
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