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: we use a palette for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 5.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 6.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hard (c) high (d) hot
- 9.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 10.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 11.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) a candle (c) a brick (d) a drinking straw
- 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 13.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 14.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) sponge (d) round brush
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 17.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 19.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a matchbox (b) a marble (c) a football (d) a drinking straw
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
- 27.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 28.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 30.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) overlaps other things
- 31.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) at the bottom edge
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
- 33.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) border (c) foreground (d) vanishing point
- 34.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a standing tree trunk
- 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
- 36.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
- 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
Answer key
- False
- True
- True
- cast shadow
- good brush care
- diagonal
- True
- hard
- far away
- spiral line
- a brick
- far away
- zigzag line
- diagonal
- flat brush
- poster colour
- hard, waxy sticks
- pencil
- False
- False
- value
- a drinking straw
- looks smaller
- spiral line
- oil pastels
- space
- horizontal
- a 3D form
- watercolour
- overlaps other things
- on the horizon line
- texture
- vanishing point
- a standing tree trunk
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- pencil
- gaps between things
- leaving it in water
- form
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