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: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) is partly hidden
- 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 6.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 9.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a marble (c) a candle (d) a sugar cube
- 11.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) water and mild soap
- 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) cube (d) cone
- 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
- 15.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a party hat (c) a brick (d) a football
- 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 18.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 21.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
- 24.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) many parallel lines
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
- 27.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a snail shell (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a flag in the wind
- 30.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 34.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 35.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 38.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
- 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 6B (d) 4B
Answer key
- True
- overlaps other things
- a hue, like red or blue
- straight line
- zigzag lines
- True
- its shadow on the table
- foreground
- True
- an ice-cream cone
- water and mild soap
- 7
- oval
- only length and width
- smooth, soft tones
- a party hat
- near the viewer
- False
- rinsing between colours
- flat brush
- white to black
- value
- colour
- lots of tiny dots
- shape
- value
- False
- False
- a snail shell
- dark value
- glue
- curved lines
- poster colour
- geometric shape
- False
- False
- True
- rinsing brushes
- medium marks
- H
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