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 a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a person standing tall (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
- 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a playground slide (d) a table top
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) star
- 4.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 5.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the top of the scene (d) far hills and the sky
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) colour
- 8.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 12.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a snail shell
- 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 17.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 19.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) do not smudge easily
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
- 21.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) taller (c) younger (d) closer to you
- 22.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a spiral (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
- 23.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) do not smudge easily (d) mixed with lots of water
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) things that look biggest
- 25.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) bright, flat colour (d) light first outlines
- 28.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 29.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 31.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 34.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
- 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
- 39.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
- 40.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a brick (b) a candle (c) a matchbox (d) a marble
Answer key
- the edge of a calm sea
- a playground slide
- star
- 2
- washing with mild soap
- the part nearest you
- colour
- horizontal
- 7
- rinsing brushes
- easel
- a row of pointy peaks
- looks smaller
- letting paint dry on it
- scrubbing hard on paper
- sharpener
- True
- soft, dark marks
- see-through colour
- glue
- farther away
- a spiral
- do not smudge easily
- the part in between
- False
- True
- bright, flat colour
- on the right side
- False
- lines crossing over
- True
- straight line
- zigzag line
- light value
- stippling
- far away
- frame
- the brightest spot
- cube
- a marble
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