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: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 2.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 3.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 7.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 8.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 10.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
- 13.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a globe (b) a football (c) a marble (d) an ice-cream cone
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
- 16.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 17.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) square (c) rectangle (d) sphere
- 18.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
- 21.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
- 22.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
- 24.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 28.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
- 29.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
- 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 33.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 36.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 37.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 38.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 39.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
Answer key
- False
- dark value
- False
- True
- False
- thick, opaque paint
- diagonal
- see-through colour
- vertical lines
- True
- highlight
- space
- False
- an ice-cream cone
- the part nearest you
- circle
- sphere
- False
- False
- texture
- smooth, soft tones
- True
- bright, flat colour
- good brush care
- True
- True
- oil pastels
- reshaping the tip
- False
- False
- easel
- value
- False
- True
- overlaps other things
- 0
- diagonal
- organic shape
- True
- standing on its bristles
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