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 is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) pyramid
- 2.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 4.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 6.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 7.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 8.What do we use a round brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) wide, straight strokes
- 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 10.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 11.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) on the frame (c) on the horizon line (d) in the foreground
- 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) light first outlines
- 13.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 17.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
- 18.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 23.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 27.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 31.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 32.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 35.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 36.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
Answer key
- square
- False
- light value
- False
- far away
- 12
- True
- fine lines and details
- oil pastels
- 0
- on the horizon line
- soft, light washes
- False
- 7
- hard, light marks
- soft, dark marks
- mixing colours
- True
- True
- gaps between things
- stippling
- far hills and the sky
- False
- lines crossing over
- horizontal lines
- sits near the horizon
- organic shape
- True
- True
- hard, light marks
- good brush care
- near the viewer
- a long, thin mark
- straight line
- zigzag line
- dotted or broken line
- False
- True
- vertical
- soft, dark marks
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