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 called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) dots packed close
- 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines crossing over
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) star
- 4.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) sits near the horizon
- 5.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hot (c) high (d) hard
- 6.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) add water (c) use an eraser (d) press lighter
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
- 9.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
- 11.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a lightning bolt (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 12.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 13.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 14.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 15.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 18.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 19.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 21.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 22.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a table top
- 24.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) circle
- 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
- 28.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 29.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a standing tree trunk
- 31.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) eyes (d) elbows
- 32.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) border (c) foreground (d) vanishing point
- 33.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 36.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
- 38.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) a sense of near and far
- 40.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- smooth, soft tones
- lots of tiny dots
- star
- looks bigger
- hard
- diagonal
- press harder
- shape
- True
- space
- a cut-here line
- on the right side
- diagonal
- near the viewer
- leaving it in water
- 7
- zigzag line
- cube
- cross-hatching
- value
- a 2D shape
- True
- a falling tree
- circle
- only length and width
- True
- a wavy line
- watercolour
- False
- a leaning ladder
- eyes
- vanishing point
- True
- value
- pencil
- rinsing between colours
- easel
- 4
- how light or dark it is
- False
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