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 art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
- 2.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
- 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 6.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
- 8.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
- 10.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) form
- 14.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 15.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 18.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) rectangle (c) triangle (d) cylinder
- 19.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 24.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) ocean waves (d) dashes on a road
- 25.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) shape
- 30.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
- 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
- 37.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 40.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
Answer key
- sharpener
- True
- gaps between things
- False
- good brush care
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- a flat 2D area
- False
- False
- how light or dark it is
- form
- sphere
- False
- True
- dark value
- cylinder
- False
- far away
- True
- HB
- lines crossing over
- a snail shell
- good brush care
- shows less detail
- 7
- False
- colour
- False
- True
- 4
- reshaping the tip
- texture
- False
- a wavy line
- True
- True
- False
- the darker half of it
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