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 is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
- 2.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 3.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) black (c) big (d) blue
- 4.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 6.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 8.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 11.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 15.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) dashes on a road (d) a ruler’s edge
- 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a falling tree
- 17.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 18.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 21.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) fine lines and details (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 22.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a globe (c) a brick (d) a marble
- 24.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) easel
- 26.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 27.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
- 28.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 30.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 31.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 32.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 34.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) rinsing brushes
- 35.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4B (c) H (d) HB
- 39.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- looks paler and bluer
- horizontal
- black
- False
- wavy line
- True
- horizontal
- lines crossing over
- 7
- a sleeping person
- True
- light value
- the brightest spot
- spiral line
- a ruler’s edge
- a falling tree
- good brush care
- True
- poster colour
- curved lines
- giving a pencil a point
- True
- a brick
- True
- palette
- hatching
- ocean waves
- False
- 2
- bristles up or flat
- rinsing brushes
- a 3D form
- light first outlines
- holding a board upright
- highlight
- frame
- sits near the horizon
- H
- 4
- far away
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