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 far away. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
- 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 6.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 7.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 8.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 9.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 11.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) white to black (c) big to small (d) red to blue
- 12.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) pencil (b) charcoal (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
- 15.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 16.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a snail shell (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a flag in the wind
- 17.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 18.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 20.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
- 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 22.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 24.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 25.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) cylinder (c) triangle (d) oval
- 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
- 29.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 31.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 32.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) elbows (d) knees
- 35.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- 7
- highlight
- a sense of near and far
- HB
- 6
- good brush care
- hatching
- True
- False
- white to black
- False
- poster colour
- space
- organic shape
- a row of pointy peaks
- zigzag line
- False
- looks paler and bluer
- dots packed close
- far away
- True
- wavy line
- horizontal
- True
- cylinder
- wax crayons
- sits near the horizon
- a 3D form
- sponge
- a 2D shape
- geometric shape
- False
- eyes
- True
- False
- False
- drying bristles up
- False
- False
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