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: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
- 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a flag in the wind
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 7.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 8.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) HB (c) H (d) B
- 12.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 15.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 16.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
- 17.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 19.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 20.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) farther away (c) younger (d) closer to you
- 21.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 22.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 26.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) ocean waves (c) a wriggling snake (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 28.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 29.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) at the bottom edge (c) on the frame (d) in the foreground
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 32.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
- 33.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) a dice (c) a brick (d) a football
- 34.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 35.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 37.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) value
- 40.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
Answer key
- False
- True
- True
- frame
- a flag in the wind
- blending
- diagonal
- False
- texture
- True
- HB
- horizontal
- sharpener
- horizontal lines
- horizontal
- dots packed close
- True
- cross-hatching
- a person standing tall
- farther away
- organic shape
- False
- colour
- 7
- background
- a tightly pulled rope
- hatching
- a 2D shape
- False
- on the horizon line
- wavy line
- a playground slide
- a dice
- letting paint dry on it
- 6B
- watercolour
- 4H
- True
- form
- many parallel lines
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