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.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 2.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
- 4.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
- 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 10.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) space
- 14.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) square (c) oval (d) triangle
- 15.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a flag in the wind (c) a coiled rope (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 21.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) border
- 22.True or false: we use masking tape for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
- 24.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 25.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 26.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 30.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 32.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) big (d) black
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
- 38.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- far away
- bristles up or flat
- line
- on the left side
- wax crayons
- blending
- False
- highlight
- form
- smooth, soft tones
- how light or dark it is
- soft, dark marks
- space
- cylinder
- giving a pencil a point
- scrubbing hard on paper
- stippling
- diagonal lines
- a tightly pulled rope
- texture
- focal point
- False
- a small round brush
- vertical
- dark value
- light value
- far away
- True
- cylinder
- False
- blending
- black
- 7
- True
- good brush care
- False
- a moving dot’s path
- a 3D form
- far away
- False
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