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.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
- 4.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a drinking straw (b) a candle (c) a shoe box (d) a water pipe
- 5.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 6.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) palette (d) round brush
- 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 11.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) B (d) 4H
- 14.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 18.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) star (c) rectangle (d) cuboid
- 23.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) hot (d) heavy
- 24.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 26.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 27.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) HB (d) 2B
- 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 31.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) younger (d) farther away
- 32.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) water pot
- 34.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
- 36.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 39.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 40.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
Answer key
- True
- rinsing between colours
- a moving dot’s path
- a shoe box
- horizontal
- True
- geometric shape
- a sleeping person
- palette
- shadow side
- 2
- a flat 2D area
- 4H
- False
- True
- looks furry or scaly
- oil pastels
- False
- looks smaller
- True
- False
- cuboid
- hard
- False
- vertical
- dark value
- 2B
- 7
- 4
- the part farthest away
- farther away
- good brush care
- masking tape
- many parallel lines
- shape
- hatching
- the part nearest you
- value
- zigzag line
- good brush care
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