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 “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 2.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 5.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 6.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) sponge (d) palette
- 9.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 13.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
- 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
- 17.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
- 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 20.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 21.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 23.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the left side
- 24.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 27.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
- 29.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cone
- 33.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 34.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 36.True or false: we use a palette for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) off the page (c) in a corner (d) at the very edge
- 38.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
Answer key
- space
- False
- oil pastels
- False
- light value
- organic shape
- 7
- palette
- bad for the brush
- horizontal lines
- highlight
- oil pastels
- 2H
- can be seen all round
- shadow side
- easel
- True
- looks furry or scaly
- the part farthest away
- horizontal
- False
- texture
- on the right side
- diagonal
- shadow side
- value
- diagonal
- frame
- False
- False
- True
- cylinder
- horizontal
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- where the lines cross
- on the left side
- pencil
- wavy line
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