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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 6.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 8.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 9.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) off the page (c) in a corner (d) where the lines cross
- 11.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 13.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 14.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) rectangle
- 18.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) the bottom of the page
- 19.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a coiled rope
- 21.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 22.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) form
- 24.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) pyramid
- 26.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
- 27.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) star
- 29.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 30.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a laser beam (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 32.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 33.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 36.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 4H (d) 4B
- 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
Answer key
- shadow side
- watercolour
- 7
- True
- bad for the brush
- False
- 2B
- rinsing between colours
- True
- where the lines cross
- True
- a 3D form
- good brush care
- False
- True
- True
- rectangle
- the top of the scene
- False
- a coiled rope
- 9
- fine lines and details
- space
- 8
- circle
- standing on its bristles
- True
- star
- organic shape
- ocean waves
- 4
- hatching
- False
- False
- looks smaller
- False
- pencil
- 4B
- scrubbing hard on paper
- cylinder
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