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 NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
- 2.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 3.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 6.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 7.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) B (d) H
- 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) H (d) HB
- 16.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 18.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a small round brush (c) a sponge (d) a wide flat brush
- 19.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 22.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
- 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 6B (d) 4H
- 24.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
- 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 27.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
- 29.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 30.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 33.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
- 35.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
- 40.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
Answer key
- easel
- a 2D shape
- True
- 2B
- looks paler and bluer
- sphere
- False
- geometric shape
- B
- True
- True
- True
- False
- good brush care
- HB
- True
- thick, opaque paint
- a small round brush
- False
- 7
- soft, dark marks
- leaving it in water
- 6B
- False
- how light or dark it is
- hard, light marks
- True
- gaps between things
- wavy line
- dark value
- sponge
- where light hits most
- True
- a closed flat outline
- looks paler and bluer
- cast shadow
- poster colour
- blending
- value
- cross-hatching
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