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 line does a snail shell look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) triangle (d) cube
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 4.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 6.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part in between
- 9.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 11.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) sand
- 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 13.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
- 14.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2B (c) 4B (d) H
- 15.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) stitches on cloth (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) ocean waves
- 17.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
- 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) a traffic cone (c) a drinking straw (d) a sugar cube
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
- 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 25.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 26.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 27.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
- 28.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a dice (b) a shoe box (c) a drinking straw (d) a marble
- 29.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) sphere
- 32.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 33.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
- 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint
- 37.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 39.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a coiled rope (d) a cut-here line
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a snail shell (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
Answer key
- spiral line
- triangle
- water pot
- True
- cube
- False
- 7
- the part nearest you
- organic shape
- far away
- water and mild soap
- True
- giving a pencil a point
- H
- False
- stitches on cloth
- 0
- a flat 2D area
- texture
- a sugar cube
- drying bristles up
- True
- True
- spiral line
- many parallel lines
- True
- holding paper flat
- a drinking straw
- sits near the horizon
- overlaps other things
- cylinder
- hatching
- dots packed close
- texture
- frame
- soft, creamy sticks
- False
- horizontal
- a coiled rope
- a tightly pulled rope
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