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 line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
- 2.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 4.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 7.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) star
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 13.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 17.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 20.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 22.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 23.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 25.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a leaning ladder
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
- 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 33.True or false: we use masking tape for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
- 35.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
- 36.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) B
- 39.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 40.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
Answer key
- a long, thin mark
- False
- the part farthest away
- True
- True
- vertical
- False
- pyramid
- 7
- False
- True
- vertical lines
- good brush care
- value
- sponge
- straight line
- spiral line
- highlight
- sits near the horizon
- True
- False
- its shadow on the table
- False
- horizontal lines
- True
- False
- True
- sits near the horizon
- oil pastels
- a sleeping person
- glue
- looks furry or scaly
- False
- the part in between
- a 3D form
- False
- shows less detail
- B
- shows more detail
- a cut-here line
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