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: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) line
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a globe (b) a brick (c) a party hat (d) a dice
- 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) background
- 13.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cube (d) oval
- 14.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) triangle (c) cone (d) sphere
- 16.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 19.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) H
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) pyramid
- 21.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) bright, flat colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) a drinking straw
- 23.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 25.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 26.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 28.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press lighter (c) add water (d) press harder
- 29.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 31.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) cuboid (d) cube
- 35.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) square (d) cube
- 36.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
- 38.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
- 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
Answer key
- True
- space
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- only length and width
- True
- False
- vertical
- a dice
- poster colour
- 7
- focal point
- cube
- True
- triangle
- True
- poster colour
- rinsing between colours
- HB
- circle
- hard, waxy sticks
- an ice-cream cone
- geometric shape
- the top of the scene
- on the right side
- good brush care
- highlight
- press harder
- False
- horizontal lines
- 9
- highlight
- wavy line
- triangle
- square
- True
- the part in between
- True
- from white to black
- a solid 3D object
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