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 vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
- 2.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 3.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the darker half of it
- 4.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 5.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) star (d) triangle
- 11.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
- 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
- 15.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) charcoal (d) pencil
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a water pipe (b) a football (c) a party hat (d) a shoe box
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
- 20.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 21.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
- 22.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 23.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) cube (d) cone
- 25.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) grey lines for sketching (d) mixed with lots of water
- 28.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 30.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
- 32.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 33.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) brown (c) black (d) big
- 34.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 35.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a drinking straw (b) a shoe box (c) a party hat (d) a globe
- 37.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
- 38.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a flag in the wind (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
- 39.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits near the horizon
Answer key
- a tall lamp post
- holding a board upright
- its shadow on the table
- a 3D form
- False
- False
- 7
- True
- True
- cuboid
- True
- texture
- value
- a hue, like red or blue
- False
- poster colour
- a party hat
- zigzag line
- reshaping the tip
- bad for the brush
- a snail shell
- horizontal
- False
- oval
- True
- False
- hard, waxy sticks
- False
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- rinsing between colours
- drying bristles up
- black
- horizontal
- True
- a globe
- wide, straight strokes
- a cut-here line
- geometric shape
- shows more detail
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