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 is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 3.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
- 5.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the top of the scene
- 6.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits lower on the page (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
- 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) 6B (d) H
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 9.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 11.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 14.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 16.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) 6B (d) 2H
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 20.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
- 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 22.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
- 23.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) easel
- 25.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) hot oil
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 27.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) black (d) big
- 28.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 29.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 30.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) white to black (c) red to blue (d) big to small
- 31.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a globe (b) a brick (c) a football (d) a party hat
- 32.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 34.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a standing tree trunk
- 35.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) see-through colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
- 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
- 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 38.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
- 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 40.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- rinsing between colours
- rectangle
- False
- the side facing the lamp
- the part nearest you
- sits lower on the page
- H
- soft, dark marks
- False
- a 3D form
- False
- pencil
- things that look biggest
- True
- oil pastels
- False
- 2H
- looks bigger
- hard, light marks
- a spiral
- only length and width
- bristles up or flat
- True
- sharpener
- water and mild soap
- straight line
- black
- bright, flat colour
- organic shape
- white to black
- a party hat
- wide, straight strokes
- spiral line
- a falling tree
- see-through colour
- a long, thin mark
- the brightest spot
- the part in between
- 7
- False
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