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.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 2.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) cube (c) square (d) cone
- 3.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 5.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 6.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a cut-here line
- 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 10.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) mixing colours
- 11.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
- 13.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
- 15.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 17.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 18.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
- 20.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 21.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, light washes
- 24.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) a jalebi
- 25.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 26.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
- 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 28.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 29.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 30.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 32.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 38.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
- 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- bristles up or flat
- sphere
- False
- sits near the horizon
- soft, light washes
- 0
- 7
- a wriggling snake
- foreground
- mixing colours
- True
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- True
- line
- False
- wavy line
- 12
- dashes on a road
- frame
- geometric shape
- False
- True
- grey lines for sketching
- stitches on cloth
- organic shape
- HB
- value
- blending
- bad for the brush
- False
- straight line
- a 2D shape
- False
- True
- False
- highlight
- highlight
- False
- a tall lamp post
- True
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