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.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 4.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sponge
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
- 8.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 10.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lots of tiny dots
- 11.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
- 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 19.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
- 20.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 23.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 26.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 29.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 31.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
- 32.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 34.True or false: a snail shell looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the dark shape it throws
- 36.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 38.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 39.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
Answer key
- True
- True
- letting paint dry on it
- dots packed close
- easel
- diagonal lines
- a sleeping person
- organic shape
- curved lines
- smooth, soft tones
- True
- True
- False
- True
- False
- mixing colours
- 7
- straight line
- on the left side
- False
- False
- diagonal
- True
- True
- flat brush
- True
- False
- oval
- True
- 2B
- grey lines for sketching
- horizontal
- wax crayons
- False
- the brightest spot
- True
- bad for the brush
- on the right side
- light value
- pencil
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