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.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 2.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 4.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 8.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) fine lines and details (d) dabbing soft textures
- 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 10.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) light first outlines
- 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
- 14.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 18.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 19.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) big to small (d) near to far
- 20.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) B (d) 6B
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) circle
- 30.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) criss-cross lines
- 31.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 35.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 36.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a coiled rope (d) a snail shell
- 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 38.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 39.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
Answer key
- bristles up or flat
- False
- near the viewer
- scrubbing hard on paper
- diagonal lines
- True
- organic shape
- mixing colours
- value
- True
- False
- see-through colour
- a playground slide
- on the right side
- pencil
- False
- False
- light value
- white to black
- 2H
- False
- 6
- a tall lamp post
- zigzag lines
- True
- False
- 4H
- looks paler and bluer
- circle
- many parallel lines
- True
- looks bigger
- False
- False
- light value
- ocean waves
- hard, waxy sticks
- a 2D shape
- dark value
- middle ground
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