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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
- 4.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a snail shell (c) stitches on cloth (d) a wriggling snake
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 6.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) triangle (c) circle (d) oval
- 7.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 9.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 10.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a globe (b) a football (c) a candle (d) a dice
- 13.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
- 16.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 17.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part in between
- 20.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 21.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
- 23.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 26.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 28.True or false: ocean waves looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
- 30.True or false: we use a palette for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 35.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 36.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 37.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a jalebi (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) the teeth of a saw
- 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
- 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 40.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
Answer key
- 7
- from white to black
- texture
- stitches on cloth
- hard, light marks
- cylinder
- False
- foreground
- vertical
- bad for the brush
- True
- a dice
- True
- diagonal
- looks bigger
- good brush care
- 12
- foreground
- the part in between
- 9
- True
- a shape
- zigzag line
- rinsing between colours
- value
- False
- horizontal
- False
- colour
- False
- False
- True
- drying bristles up
- scrubbing hard on paper
- 2
- 0
- dashes on a road
- a long, thin mark
- glue
- 4B
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