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 shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 2.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
- 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 4.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 5.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 8.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 9.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
- 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
- 12.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 13.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 14.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) feet (d) elbows
- 20.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
- 22.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) water pot
- 24.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
- 26.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a playground slide
- 27.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 28.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a dice (b) a globe (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a brick
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
- 30.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hard (c) high (d) hot
- 31.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) triangle
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 37.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 38.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
Answer key
- cross-hatching
- many parallel lines
- soft, dark marks
- lots of tiny dots
- True
- hard, light marks
- middle ground
- wavy line
- a spiral
- vertical lines
- frame
- smudging with a finger
- far away
- True
- True
- True
- hard, light marks
- True
- eyes
- diagonal
- what a rainbow shows
- False
- flat brush
- True
- value
- a playground slide
- 9
- a brick
- sits near the horizon
- hard
- vertical
- a solid 3D object
- 7
- cube
- True
- medium marks
- mixed with lots of water
- False
- False
- sits lower on the page
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