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: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) easel
- 3.True or false: we use a round brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 6.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 7.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 8.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) closer to you (d) farther away
- 10.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) water pot
- 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 15.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 18.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 19.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
- 21.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) foreground (c) highlight (d) vanishing point
- 22.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding paper flat
- 23.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 2H
- 24.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) where light hits most
- 25.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 26.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 27.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) cone
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) colour
- 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a coiled rope (c) a laser beam (d) the teeth of a saw
- 30.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 32.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
- 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 37.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) criss-cross lines
- 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
Answer key
- False
- water pot
- False
- False
- 6
- light value
- 2B
- False
- farther away
- False
- far away
- rinsing between colours
- sponge
- soft, dark marks
- lines crossing over
- 7
- poster colour
- vertical
- True
- smudging with a finger
- vanishing point
- holding paper flat
- HB
- the dark shape it throws
- sits near the horizon
- a sleeping person
- rectangle
- shape
- a coiled rope
- True
- soft, dark marks
- 4
- False
- texture
- washing with mild soap
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- lots of tiny dots
- easel
- space
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