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: a coiled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) palette
- 4.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
- 8.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) easel (d) flat brush
- 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
- 13.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 14.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) black (c) blue (d) big
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 16.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
- 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 20.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 21.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4H
- 22.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 6B (c) B (d) 2B
- 23.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 24.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 26.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a cube (c) a sculpture (d) a shape
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 28.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 29.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) easel
- 31.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 32.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) in the sky (b) on the ceiling (c) above the object (d) under the object
- 33.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 34.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
- 37.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 38.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
Answer key
- False
- from white to black
- masking tape
- False
- a 3D form
- horizontal lines
- a long, thin mark
- circle
- easel
- value
- the area around objects
- space
- 8
- black
- leaving it in water
- True
- a solid 3D object
- 7
- oil pastels
- dark value
- 2B
- H
- geometric shape
- False
- cross-hatching
- a shape
- shape
- a 2D shape
- True
- sharpener
- mixing colours
- under the object
- bright, flat colour
- True
- False
- can be seen all round
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- letting paint dry on it
- highlight
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