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.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
- 3.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
- 4.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) sand
- 5.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 7.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 8.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) sponge
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) oval (c) square (d) cube
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 14.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 18.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 21.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 22.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) eyes (c) knees (d) feet
- 23.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 24.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 25.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) where the lines cross (c) off the page (d) at the very edge
- 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 32.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 34.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
- 35.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 39.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) on the left side
- 40.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
Answer key
- horizontal
- what a rainbow shows
- bristles up or flat
- water and mild soap
- True
- straight line
- spiral line
- horizontal
- flat brush
- True
- cube
- soft, dark marks
- sphere
- False
- bad for the brush
- pencil
- looks bigger
- True
- lines all one way
- looks paler and bluer
- 9
- eyes
- 12
- 4B
- True
- texture
- cast shadow
- 7
- where the lines cross
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- cylinder
- True
- a 2D shape
- do not smudge easily
- True
- 2H
- texture
- zigzag line
- on the right side
- a 3D form
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