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: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 4.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) do not smudge easily (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 6.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 7.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) rectangle (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 8.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
- 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 14.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 15.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a laser beam (b) a cut-here line (c) stitches on cloth (d) a wriggling snake
- 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a person standing tall
- 17.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) water pot
- 21.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
- 24.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 25.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
- 27.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
- 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
- 30.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
- 32.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 34.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) square (d) cuboid
- 37.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) big to small (d) near to far
- 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
- 40.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- True
- letting paint dry on it
- a 3D form
- do not smudge easily
- a 2D shape
- rectangle
- 2H
- 7
- bristles up or flat
- is partly hidden
- zigzag lines
- rinsing between colours
- holding paper flat
- a laser beam
- a leaning ladder
- False
- dabbing soft textures
- hard, light marks
- water pot
- lines crossing over
- shows less detail
- frame
- diagonal
- 6
- standing on its bristles
- False
- a flat 2D area
- value
- True
- a sense of near and far
- lines all one way
- near the viewer
- masking tape
- form
- square
- white to black
- the side away from light
- the brightest spot
- False
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