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 a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, light washes (c) see-through colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) HB (d) B
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
- 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
- 9.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) square (c) sphere (d) cube
- 10.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 11.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 12.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) dots packed close
- 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 18.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) oval (c) cube (d) circle
- 22.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
- 24.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
- 28.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 29.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 30.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 32.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a sponge (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
- 35.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 36.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
- 39.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a playground slide
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- bright, flat colour
- False
- HB
- True
- False
- True
- bristles up or flat
- how a surface feels
- sphere
- vertical
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- many parallel lines
- True
- 4
- 7
- shows less detail
- False
- lots of tiny dots
- near the viewer
- cube
- vertical
- a flat 2D area
- False
- drying bristles up
- hatching
- a solid 3D object
- vertical
- cylinder
- wide, straight strokes
- straight line
- a small round brush
- highlight
- line
- 4B
- False
- False
- a 3D form
- the edge of a calm sea
- True
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