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.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) cone
- 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) square (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 5.True or false: we use a flat brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 7.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part in between
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) form
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 11.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) 2H (d) 6B
- 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) looks furry or scaly
- 14.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 19.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 25.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 28.True or false: we use a round brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
- 31.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 33.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a flag in the wind (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a lightning bolt
- 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) B (d) 4B
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
Answer key
- bad for the brush
- far away
- rectangle
- square
- False
- value
- cast shadow
- the bottom of the page
- texture
- line
- False
- 6B
- a moving dot’s path
- False
- False
- far away
- True
- a sleeping person
- False
- a wavy line
- sphere
- 7
- True
- vertical
- False
- bright, flat colour
- looks bigger
- False
- 2B
- easel
- False
- the dark shape it throws
- False
- a jalebi
- True
- True
- a flag in the wind
- 2H
- True
- vertical
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