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.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 2.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 3.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) square (c) star (d) rectangle
- 4.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
- 5.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 4B
- 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 13.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 14.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 16.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a lightning bolt (c) stitches on cloth (d) a laser beam
- 17.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) HB
- 19.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a matchbox (c) a shoe box (d) a traffic cone
- 20.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
- 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 22.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 24.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) value
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) palette
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a candle (c) a matchbox (d) a marble
- 28.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 31.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 32.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
- 34.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 37.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 3D form (c) a 2D shape
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cube
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
Answer key
- light value
- the part farthest away
- cube
- wide, straight strokes
- False
- 8
- pencil
- a long, thin mark
- 7
- H
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- mixing colours
- True
- 6
- stitches on cloth
- True
- 4B
- a traffic cone
- a shape
- far away
- False
- spiral line
- False
- space
- masking tape
- a matchbox
- True
- False
- good brush care
- diagonal
- False
- cube
- light value
- False
- wavy line
- a 3D form
- cube
- near the viewer
- the brightest spot
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