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.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 2.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
- 8.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) H
- 10.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) hot oil
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 12.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) cone
- 16.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) charcoal
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 19.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 29.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a shoe box (b) a water pipe (c) a brick (d) a sugar cube
- 31.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
- 32.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 34.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) focal point (d) horizon
- 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
Answer key
- geometric shape
- False
- sphere
- a closed flat outline
- False
- the part in between
- overlaps other things
- False
- H
- water and mild soap
- wax crayons
- sphere
- glue
- 7
- circle
- poster colour
- cylinder
- far away
- False
- cube
- False
- False
- space
- cast shadow
- True
- False
- False
- diagonal
- looks bigger
- a sugar cube
- the edge of a calm sea
- True
- frame
- True
- focal point
- True
- True
- False
- False
- organic shape
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