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: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 2.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
- 3.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) use an eraser (c) press lighter (d) press harder
- 4.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 5.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part farthest away
- 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
- 13.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) big (d) black
- 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
- 16.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) texture
- 22.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) triangle (d) cylinder
- 26.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
- 28.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
- 31.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 32.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 33.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 34.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) knees (d) elbows
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) space
- 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
- 37.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 38.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 40.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) hard, waxy sticks
Answer key
- False
- mixing colours
- press harder
- False
- the part nearest you
- value
- space
- False
- the part in between
- True
- True
- has height, width, depth
- black
- the area around objects
- space
- False
- rinsing between colours
- background
- a hue, like red or blue
- frame
- form
- False
- False
- 7
- triangle
- True
- can be seen all round
- leaving it in water
- shape
- easel
- vertical
- 1
- 6B
- eyes
- line
- a sense of near and far
- 9
- False
- cone
- soft, creamy sticks
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