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: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) square (d) cube
- 3.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) looks bigger
- 5.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
- 6.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
- 8.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 10.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) easel (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
- 14.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a standing tree trunk
- 19.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
- 21.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) on the horizon line
- 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cube (d) oval
- 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
- 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 28.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) border
- 29.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 30.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) lines all one way
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
- 32.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 33.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 36.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 37.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a marble (d) a dice
- 38.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 39.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a falling tree
Answer key
- True
- cube
- see-through colour
- looks smaller
- looks bigger
- a 3D form
- value
- its shadow on the table
- shadow side
- True
- near the viewer
- masking tape
- a solid 3D object
- False
- watercolour
- False
- 8
- a table top
- True
- a sleeping person
- on the horizon line
- oval
- reshaping the tip
- highlight
- True
- True
- 9
- focal point
- a shape
- criss-cross lines
- square
- lines all one way
- True
- True
- HB
- horizontal
- a dice
- cube
- horizontal
- a tall lamp post
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