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: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 3.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
- 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 6.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 2H (d) HB
- 7.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 8.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) oval (c) triangle (d) cylinder
- 9.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) highlight (c) border (d) foreground
- 10.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
- 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 13.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a falling tree
- 14.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 17.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 18.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
- 21.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) things that look biggest (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part in between
- 23.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 25.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 29.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 31.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 34.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
- 38.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
- 40.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- organic shape
- dots packed close
- pencil
- zigzag lines
- 2H
- 4
- cylinder
- vanishing point
- holding paper flat
- value
- sphere
- a standing tree trunk
- bad for the brush
- True
- cuboid
- horizontal
- False
- 1
- value
- True
- the part in between
- False
- 2
- leaving it in water
- blending
- the part farthest away
- wavy line
- on the left side
- horizontal lines
- True
- can be seen all round
- line
- diagonal
- thick, opaque paint
- far away
- a wide flat brush
- how light or dark it is
- where light hits most
- True
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