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 “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 2.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 5.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 6.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 7.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
- 10.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) sharpener
- 13.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 14.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 16.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 17.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding paper flat (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 19.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
- 20.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 22.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 24.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
- 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) a laser beam (d) stitches on cloth
- 27.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 32.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 33.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 34.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 35.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
- 40.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- texture
- False
- watercolour
- zigzag lines
- zigzag line
- a 3D form
- False
- True
- mixing colours
- False
- wavy line
- easel
- good brush care
- cross-hatching
- from white to black
- cube
- giving a pencil a point
- hatching
- holding a board upright
- False
- circle
- True
- shows less detail
- True
- many parallel lines
- a wriggling snake
- False
- palette
- soft, dark marks
- True
- cast shadow
- a leaning ladder
- HB
- light value
- False
- False
- True
- poster colour
- a standing tree trunk
- True
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