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 diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 2.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 4.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
- 7.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 9.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 10.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 11.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) heavy (c) hot (d) hard
- 12.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 14.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a candle (c) a shoe box (d) a football
- 17.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 18.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 23.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 24.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
- 27.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
- 29.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 32.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 33.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 35.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
- 38.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 40.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a playground slide
- True
- a 3D form
- False
- False
- a wavy line
- bristles up or flat
- the part farthest away
- 2B
- 12
- hard
- False
- 8
- True
- 7
- a football
- zigzag line
- False
- far hills and the sky
- colour
- glue
- shape
- letting paint dry on it
- 9
- value
- how a surface feels
- True
- a closed flat outline
- True
- the edge of a calm sea
- reshaping the tip
- ocean waves
- False
- a 3D form
- wavy line
- masking tape
- only length and width
- True
- diagonal
- True
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