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 a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 2.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the top of the scene
- 3.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
- 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
- 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
- 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 9.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 10.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the frame (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the horizon line
- 11.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) square (c) rectangle (d) circle
- 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 15.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 21.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 25.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 26.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 27.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
- 30.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) sponge
- 32.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) rectangle (d) cube
- 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
- 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 35.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) highlight (d) border
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- geometric shape
- the top of the scene
- wide, straight strokes
- what a rainbow shows
- value
- a laser beam
- hard, light marks
- shows more detail
- poster colour
- on the horizon line
- True
- cone
- False
- oil pastels
- True
- True
- False
- False
- False
- 2H
- 12
- False
- False
- flat brush
- good brush care
- 7
- False
- rinsing between colours
- looks furry or scaly
- False
- water pot
- rectangle
- the side away from light
- drying bristles up
- vanishing point
- far away
- stippling
- True
- True
- True
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