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 element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 3.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 6.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 7.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 8.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) above the object (c) in the sky (d) under the object
- 9.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) flat brush
- 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) looks bigger
- 14.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) colour
- 16.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
- 19.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 21.What do we use a sponge for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
- 22.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) elbows (d) knees
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
- 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 25.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
- 28.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 30.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 33.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) smudging with a finger
- 35.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
Answer key
- form
- washing with mild soap
- looks paler and bluer
- straight line
- letting paint dry on it
- giving a pencil a point
- vertical lines
- under the object
- diagonal
- glue
- flat brush
- 7
- looks smaller
- holding paper flat
- colour
- False
- holding a board upright
- form
- horizontal
- True
- dabbing soft textures
- eyes
- bristles up or flat
- how light or dark it is
- True
- good brush care
- texture
- 2H
- things that look biggest
- True
- hatching
- soft, dark marks
- False
- criss-cross lines
- good brush care
- False
- a 2D shape
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- what a rainbow shows
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