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 “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 2.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
- 5.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 7.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 8.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
- 13.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a brick (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a globe
- 15.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 18.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 19.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) circle
- 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
- 24.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 25.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 26.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) use an eraser (c) press lighter (d) add water
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
- 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
- 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 33.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
- 36.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) pyramid
- 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 39.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
Answer key
- shape
- shadow side
- 7
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- sharpener
- 0
- True
- the part farthest away
- palette
- sits lower on the page
- shape
- True
- a globe
- True
- False
- reshaping the tip
- dark value
- False
- False
- circle
- watercolour
- value
- False
- dark value
- press harder
- blending
- line
- curved lines
- frame
- texture
- diagonal lines
- 9
- a flat 2D area
- the darker half of it
- rectangle
- False
- organic shape
- light value
- soft, dark marks
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