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.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 2.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 3.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) triangle (d) cylinder
- 5.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 8.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a sugar cube (c) a brick (d) an ice-cream cone
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) palette
- 11.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 15.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 17.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 19.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) glue
- 20.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
- 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 22.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines crossing over
- 23.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) B
- 24.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
- 28.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) black (b) big (c) blue (d) brown
- 29.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
- 30.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) shape
- 34.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 36.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 37.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) circle (d) cube
- 38.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a candle (b) a dice (c) a party hat (d) a sugar cube
- 39.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 40.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
Answer key
- sphere
- stippling
- True
- cylinder
- things that look biggest
- a flat 2D area
- watercolour
- far away
- an ice-cream cone
- round brush
- True
- True
- 7
- texture
- True
- good brush care
- False
- cross-hatching
- water and mild soap
- shows less detail
- near the viewer
- many parallel lines
- 4H
- 6
- True
- a 2D shape
- grey lines for sketching
- black
- blend with a fingertip
- True
- shadow side
- watercolour
- form
- False
- foreground
- dotted or broken line
- cube
- a party hat
- watercolour
- mixing colours
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