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 is the odd one out? (a) star (b) pyramid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 2.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 3.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 6.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 7.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) space
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) round brush (d) masking tape
- 12.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 16.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 17.True or false: we use a sponge for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 19.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
- 23.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) cube (d) square
- 25.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 4B (d) 4H
- 28.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
- 31.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
- 32.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 34.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 37.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 40.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- star
- a 3D form
- True
- stippling
- wax crayons
- dark value
- True
- a wide flat brush
- 7
- space
- masking tape
- light first outlines
- glue
- wax crayons
- hatching
- good brush care
- False
- leaving it in water
- dabbing soft textures
- a hue, like red or blue
- blending
- easel
- False
- cube
- True
- False
- HB
- False
- light value
- a table top
- is partly hidden
- a falling tree
- hard, light marks
- False
- True
- blend with a fingertip
- True
- True
- a 2D shape
- True
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