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.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) feet (c) eyes (d) elbows
- 2.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 3.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) cone (c) rectangle (d) triangle
- 6.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 8.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
- 10.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 15.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a sugar cube (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a dice
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) form
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) space
- 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
- 21.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4H
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 24.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
- 26.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a pencil (d) a small round brush
- 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) triangle (c) circle (d) square
- 30.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) big (b) blue (c) black (d) brown
- 31.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 33.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
- 35.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a drinking straw (b) a globe (c) a water pipe (d) a brick
- 37.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 38.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
- 40.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
Answer key
- eyes
- geometric shape
- False
- 7
- cone
- False
- hard, light marks
- dabbing soft textures
- form
- True
- False
- True
- True
- bad for the brush
- False
- an ice-cream cone
- line
- value
- wax crayons
- a flat 2D area
- True
- 2B
- rinsing between colours
- standing on its bristles
- glue
- a wide flat brush
- how a surface feels
- oil pastels
- cylinder
- black
- False
- oil pastels
- horizontal
- texture
- vertical
- a globe
- wide, straight strokes
- True
- the part in between
- mixed with lots of water
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