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 a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) sponge
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) a marble (c) a globe (d) a dice
- 4.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) square (c) circle (d) cuboid
- 5.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) heavy (d) high
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
- 7.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 8.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a brick (c) a candle (d) a marble
- 9.True or false: a laser beam looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 10.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) form
- 13.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) ocean waves
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits near the horizon (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 17.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 18.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) on the ceiling (c) under the object (d) in the sky
- 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 20.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
- 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 25.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a snail shell (c) a wriggling snake (d) dashes on a road
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 27.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
- 31.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 33.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
- 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) blend with a fingertip
- 38.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 40.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 2H (d) HB
Answer key
- rectangle
- sponge
- a dice
- cuboid
- hard
- easel
- shows less detail
- a marble
- False
- holding a board upright
- value
- form
- a row of pointy peaks
- True
- overlaps other things
- horizontal lines
- horizontal
- under the object
- things that look biggest
- True
- bad for the brush
- is partly hidden
- False
- hard, light marks
- dashes on a road
- line
- geometric shape
- False
- False
- only length and width
- leaving it in water
- soft, dark marks
- ocean waves
- texture
- cross-hatching
- cuboid
- blend with a fingertip
- True
- 7
- HB
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