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 hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 3.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 6.True or false: we use a water pot for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 10.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) blend with a fingertip
- 11.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 13.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 14.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 15.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 16.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 17.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 19.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
- 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 24.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) 2B (d) HB
- 25.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
- 30.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
- 32.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
- 38.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cylinder
Answer key
- True
- True
- on the right side
- True
- leaving it in water
- False
- False
- True
- 4
- hard, waxy sticks
- standing on its bristles
- watercolour
- highlight
- geometric shape
- blend with a fingertip
- 12
- True
- medium marks
- True
- 7
- frame
- from white to black
- horizontal lines
- HB
- False
- near the viewer
- watercolour
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- colour
- bad for the brush
- easel
- vertical
- hard, light marks
- soft, dark marks
- vertical lines
- glue
- a flat 2D area
- True
- good brush care
- cube
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