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 brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 2.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
- 5.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) oval (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
- 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) sphere
- 9.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a water pipe (b) a matchbox (c) a shoe box (d) a party hat
- 11.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 12.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
- 17.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 20.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
- 23.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 24.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 25.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 28.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a dice (b) a football (c) a water pipe (d) a traffic cone
- 30.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) ocean waves (d) dashes on a road
- 31.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 32.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a jalebi (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) stitches on cloth
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
- 34.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 35.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 36.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) star
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 39.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
Answer key
- a small round brush
- False
- 6
- how light or dark it is
- False
- pyramid
- easel
- cone
- good brush care
- a party hat
- lines crossing over
- False
- what a rainbow shows
- 7
- glue
- shape
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- drying bristles up
- True
- False
- cone
- 4B
- 4H
- False
- horizontal lines
- texture
- False
- a traffic cone
- a tightly pulled rope
- organic shape
- a row of pointy peaks
- a long, thin mark
- 9
- 2H
- False
- star
- sphere
- False
- holding paper flat
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