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 pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) 2H (d) 4H
- 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 7.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 8.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 9.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 10.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
- 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
- 13.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a standing tree trunk
- 16.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 18.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 19.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 20.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a water pipe (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
- 22.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) square (c) sphere (d) cube
- 23.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 24.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) circle
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 29.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
- 30.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) shape
- 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 33.True or false: we use masking tape for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 35.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
- 36.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 dark shape it throws
- 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) sphere
- 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 40.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
Answer key
- HB
- gaps between things
- flat brush
- False
- False
- the edge of a calm sea
- curved lines
- geometric shape
- 4B
- True
- a hue, like red or blue
- looks furry or scaly
- False
- False
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- cross-hatching
- bad for the brush
- blending
- hatching
- a traffic cone
- sphere
- horizontal
- False
- False
- True
- circle
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a wavy line
- light value
- shape
- cube
- False
- mixed with lots of water
- dabbing soft textures
- the side away from light
- oval
- cast shadow
- looks bigger
- eyes
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