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 pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 2.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: we use a sharpener for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 5.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 6.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 8.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) easel (d) palette
- 10.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
- 12.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 13.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows less detail
- 14.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 16.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 18.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) add water (c) press harder (d) use an eraser
- 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 20.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the top of the scene
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a traffic cone (b) a marble (c) a drinking straw (d) a dice
- 23.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 28.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) easel
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) circle
- 32.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a flag in the wind (c) a laser beam (d) a cut-here line
- 35.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) oval (c) square (d) cube
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
- 38.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
Answer key
- 6B
- False
- False
- True
- rinsing brushes
- False
- cross-hatching
- spiral line
- palette
- light value
- texture
- vertical
- shows more detail
- False
- foreground
- False
- watercolour
- press harder
- value
- True
- things that look biggest
- a drinking straw
- 1
- sits lower on the page
- poster colour
- colour
- foreground
- on the right side
- near the viewer
- water pot
- circle
- True
- False
- a laser beam
- cube
- 2H
- hard, waxy sticks
- True
- far away
- far away
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