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) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
- 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) sponge
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 5.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 6.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 7.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) use an eraser
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 10.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 11.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
- 13.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 14.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) dashes on a road (c) a cut-here line (d) a lightning bolt
- 16.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) flat brush
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 19.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 21.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 23.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 25.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 26.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) value
- 29.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 30.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 31.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
- 33.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 34.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
- 35.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 37.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 38.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smudging with a finger (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 40.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- texture
- True
- sponge
- reshaping the tip
- straight line
- light value
- False
- press harder
- hard, light marks
- a 3D form
- stippling
- shape
- 4H
- False
- a lightning bolt
- True
- sharpener
- diagonal lines
- False
- easel
- a table top
- overlaps other things
- True
- cast shadow
- looks smaller
- 0
- space
- space
- diagonal
- diagonal
- on the right side
- a long, thin mark
- value
- giving a pencil a point
- True
- near the viewer
- diagonal
- True
- many parallel lines
- True
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