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 good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 2.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 4.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles down
- 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) round brush
- 6.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) soft, light washes (d) do not smudge easily
- 7.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
- 10.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) sphere
- 11.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
- 13.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 14.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) background
- 15.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 2B
- 16.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) space
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 24.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
- 27.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
- 30.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
- 31.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
- 33.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 34.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) round brush (c) sponge (d) masking tape
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
- 38.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cube (d) cone
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) ocean waves (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
Answer key
- rinsing between colours
- on the left side
- curved lines
- bristles up or flat
- round brush
- soft, light washes
- False
- dark value
- glue
- sphere
- True
- value
- fine lines and details
- focal point
- 2B
- highlight
- watercolour
- shows less detail
- spiral line
- letting paint dry on it
- shape
- form
- far away
- False
- diagonal
- line
- False
- True
- drying bristles up
- holding paper flat
- False
- how light or dark it is
- a 2D shape
- light value
- sponge
- frame
- form
- False
- sphere
- a ruler’s edge
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