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) oval (b) pyramid (c) triangle (d) rectangle
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) near to far (d) big to small
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows less detail (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 8.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
- 10.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 11.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 13.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 14.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 16.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) its shadow on the table
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
- 19.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 20.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 22.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 24.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
- 25.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) oval
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) oval (c) sphere (d) star
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) sponge
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
- 32.True or false: we use a palette for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 34.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 39.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
- 40.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
Answer key
- pyramid
- poster colour
- True
- white to black
- shows less detail
- wavy line
- looks smaller
- stippling
- gaps between things
- good brush care
- see-through colour
- highlight
- bad for the brush
- watercolour
- rinsing between colours
- the edge of a calm sea
- the side away from light
- easel
- dark value
- vertical
- hard, light marks
- 4B
- value
- rinsing brushes
- False
- oval
- sphere
- palette
- sits near the horizon
- False
- sits lower on the page
- False
- horizontal
- True
- sharpener
- 2B
- frame
- spiral line
- a spiral
- good brush care
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