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.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 2.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a form
- 3.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 7.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) circle
- 8.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) sits lower on the page
- 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press lighter (c) press harder (d) add water
- 11.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 17.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
- 18.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 20.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 21.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 23.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 27.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 30.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
- 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) line
- 35.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
- 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) B
- 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- watercolour
- a shape
- True
- True
- False
- geometric shape
- circle
- looks smaller
- False
- press harder
- holding a board upright
- horizontal lines
- False
- False
- cast shadow
- hard, light marks
- a wide flat brush
- True
- good brush care
- reshaping the tip
- True
- a 3D form
- True
- far away
- 4
- cast shadow
- good brush care
- False
- soft, creamy sticks
- 8
- texture
- leaving it in water
- highlight
- space
- False
- the side facing the lamp
- sits lower on the page
- True
- B
- True
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