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 a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) light first outlines (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 2.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hard (c) high (d) hot
- 3.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 4.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cube
- 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) focal point (c) border (d) background
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a matchbox (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a candle (d) a traffic cone
- 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) triangle
- 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 14.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
- 16.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a sugar cube (c) a globe (d) a shoe box
- 20.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 22.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 25.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 26.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
- 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 32.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 33.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 37.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) star
- 39.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- bright, flat colour
- hard
- a 3D form
- True
- False
- cone
- what a rainbow shows
- 7
- focal point
- a candle
- hard, light marks
- sphere
- rinsing between colours
- geometric shape
- reshaping the tip
- True
- False
- True
- an ice-cream cone
- a sleeping person
- watercolour
- False
- texture
- hatching
- bad for the brush
- a 2D shape
- cast shadow
- soft, dark marks
- the dark shape it throws
- vertical lines
- water pot
- stippling
- False
- False
- False
- 8
- cube
- cone
- True
- a 2D shape
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