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 drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 4.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
- 6.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) B (d) HB
- 7.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) square
- 8.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 10.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
- 12.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 13.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
- 17.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 18.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 22.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
- 24.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a wriggling snake (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
- 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 26.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) near to far (d) big to small
- 27.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 29.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 31.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 33.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 34.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a falling tree
- 36.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) H (d) HB
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) far hills and the sky
- 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 40.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- good brush care
- False
- cuboid
- False
- square
- B
- sphere
- organic shape
- hard, light marks
- on the left side
- a lightning bolt
- the side away from light
- True
- 7
- straight line
- a closed flat outline
- 2H
- True
- a 3D form
- form
- poster colour
- False
- a hue, like red or blue
- stitches on cloth
- vertical lines
- white to black
- False
- 6
- 12
- pencil
- True
- drying bristles up
- True
- dark value
- a standing tree trunk
- H
- things that look biggest
- value
- sphere
- False
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