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) star (b) cuboid (c) oval (d) rectangle
- 2.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a sleeping person (d) a leaning ladder
- 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) easel (d) flat brush
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
- 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 7.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
- 8.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
- 11.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) value
- 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) circle
- 14.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles down
- 16.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) H
- 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 19.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cone (b) triangle (c) oval (d) square
- 21.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 22.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 23.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 25.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) cuboid (d) square
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) ocean waves (d) a lightning bolt
- 32.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) pyramid (d) oval
- 35.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
- 36.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 39.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 40.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- cuboid
- good brush care
- a leaning ladder
- water pot
- easel
- foreground
- fine lines and details
- organic shape
- middle ground
- glue
- True
- line
- circle
- False
- bristles up or flat
- True
- 2B
- 7
- organic shape
- cone
- 12
- 9
- False
- 4B
- diagonal
- cuboid
- far away
- 1
- is partly hidden
- True
- a tightly pulled rope
- False
- False
- pyramid
- holding paper flat
- light value
- space
- oil pastels
- wavy line
- True
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