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 of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
- 2.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 3.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 6.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 7.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
- 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
- 10.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 11.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 13.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) light first outlines (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 14.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: we use a flat brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a laser beam (b) the teeth of a saw (c) ocean waves (d) a cut-here line
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) easel
- 18.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
- 22.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 23.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 27.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a toothpick (d) a pencil
- 28.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a shape (c) a sculpture (d) a cube
- 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
- 30.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 32.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 33.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) dashes on a road (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) the teeth of a saw
- 34.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 37.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) star
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) a jalebi (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a flag in the wind
Answer key
- lines all one way
- dark value
- fine lines and details
- False
- geometric shape
- a falling tree
- dark value
- letting paint dry on it
- only length and width
- a 2D shape
- True
- organic shape
- mixed with lots of water
- False
- False
- ocean waves
- easel
- True
- spiral line
- standing on its bristles
- value
- standing on its bristles
- vertical
- False
- True
- good brush care
- a wide flat brush
- a shape
- from white to black
- blend with a fingertip
- blending
- a 3D form
- a flag in the wind
- True
- watercolour
- False
- blending
- True
- cube
- a ruler’s edge
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