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 of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) lots of tiny dots
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 4.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
- 5.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 6.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a pencil (c) a small round brush (d) a toothpick
- 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
- 9.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 10.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 11.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) triangle (c) rectangle (d) square
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows less detail
- 15.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 16.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 17.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 19.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 20.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 21.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
- 25.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 27.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) space
- 31.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) light first outlines
- 32.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 34.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 36.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 39.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
Answer key
- lines crossing over
- sits near the horizon
- the part nearest you
- dots packed close
- 0
- a wide flat brush
- background
- frame
- mixed with lots of water
- the side facing the lamp
- False
- highlight
- cube
- sits lower on the page
- bad for the brush
- 6
- organic shape
- soft, dark marks
- stippling
- 4
- a 3D form
- True
- False
- easel
- False
- 2H
- False
- vertical lines
- a hue, like red or blue
- value
- bright, flat colour
- a 2D shape
- things that look biggest
- 7
- pencil
- False
- True
- a 2D shape
- a 2D shape
- horizontal lines
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