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 of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
- 2.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a marble (c) a candle (d) a brick
- 4.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) line
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
- 9.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
- 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
- 14.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 15.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) a globe (c) a party hat (d) a dice
- 18.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
- 21.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) many parallel lines
- 22.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 24.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 25.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 26.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
- 27.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 29.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 32.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) H (d) B
- 34.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 35.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
- 36.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 40.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a water pipe (b) a sugar cube (c) a marble (d) a party hat
Answer key
- a sense of near and far
- good brush care
- a traffic cone
- True
- colour
- space
- 7
- glue
- False
- True
- standing on its bristles
- square
- texture
- dark value
- zigzag line
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- a dice
- True
- True
- see-through colour
- lines crossing over
- dots packed close
- reshaping the tip
- background
- bad for the brush
- rinsing brushes
- geometric shape
- vertical lines
- False
- triangle
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- B
- easel
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- False
- False
- diagonal lines
- a water pipe
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