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 hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
- 3.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a wide flat brush
- 4.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 5.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 7.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 9.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 10.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 12.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 13.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
- 15.True or false: we use a sharpener for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a traffic cone (c) a brick (d) a party hat
- 17.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 19.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 20.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
- 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) circle
- 24.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
- 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 29.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 32.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the bottom of the page (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 34.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a cut-here line
- 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 37.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a sugar cube (b) a football (c) a matchbox (d) a drinking straw
- 39.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 40.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
Answer key
- geometric shape
- shape
- a small round brush
- horizontal
- False
- drying bristles up
- True
- light value
- vertical
- False
- looks bigger
- 2H
- False
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- a brick
- dark value
- a sleeping person
- a 3D form
- False
- the side away from light
- how a surface feels
- circle
- mixing colours
- 7
- True
- True
- wax crayons
- dark value
- soft, dark marks
- cylinder
- looks smaller
- far hills and the sky
- False
- a tightly pulled rope
- sphere
- False
- a sugar cube
- False
- the darker half of it
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