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.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) oval (c) star (d) cube
- 3.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) square
- 4.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 5.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 7.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 9.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 10.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 11.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 14.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) many parallel lines
- 15.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 16.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
- 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 20.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a dice (b) a shoe box (c) a marble (d) a water pipe
- 22.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) thick, opaque paint (d) see-through colour
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 25.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 6B
- 27.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) sponge
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
- 32.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) circle (c) square (d) sphere
- 33.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 35.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- cube
- sphere
- light value
- eyes
- near the viewer
- geometric shape
- soft, dark marks
- zigzag line
- diagonal
- diagonal
- shadow side
- washing with mild soap
- lines crossing over
- looks smaller
- overlaps other things
- True
- False
- 6B
- rinsing brushes
- a shoe box
- see-through colour
- form
- watercolour
- False
- HB
- False
- line
- is partly hidden
- sharpener
- sits near the horizon
- sphere
- True
- shows more detail
- False
- True
- bristles up or flat
- hard, light marks
- True
- True
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