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 cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 2.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) white to black
- 3.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) pencil (b) charcoal (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
- 6.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
- 8.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 9.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 12.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 13.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 15.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 16.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) horizon (c) border (d) background
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 19.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
- 22.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 25.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
- 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) value
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 32.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
- 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 34.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 35.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) space
- 37.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 38.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) farther away (d) closer to you
- 39.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
- 40.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- white to black
- poster colour
- True
- frame
- False
- a long, thin mark
- dark value
- False
- cube
- medium marks
- a 3D form
- True
- line
- a shape
- True
- focal point
- watercolour
- on the right side
- value
- value
- False
- True
- organic shape
- 6
- where light hits most
- curved lines
- True
- foreground
- shape
- hard, light marks
- light first outlines
- a sleeping person
- 12
- 8
- texture
- wavy line
- farther away
- a spiral
- True
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