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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 3.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 4.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 5.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 7.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding a board upright (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 8.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 9.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 10.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
- 12.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 2H
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 17.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) the side away from light
- 20.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
- 25.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
- 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 27.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 31.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
- 32.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 34.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
- 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) glue
- 38.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
Answer key
- hard, light marks
- hard, light marks
- dotted or broken line
- dotted or broken line
- True
- vertical lines
- holding paper flat
- cross-hatching
- horizontal
- True
- texture
- 6B
- rinsing between colours
- the side away from light
- oil pastels
- poster colour
- False
- True
- the brightest spot
- True
- False
- False
- easel
- colour
- a wavy line
- the part farthest away
- False
- line
- sits near the horizon
- looks paler and bluer
- see-through colour
- smudging with a finger
- flat brush
- lines all one way
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- water and mild soap
- a falling tree
- True
- a sleeping person
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