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 line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
- 2.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the top of the scene (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
- 8.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a laser beam (b) a snail shell (c) ocean waves (d) dashes on a road
- 13.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) a dice (c) a globe (d) a traffic cone
- 14.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 15.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines crossing over (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) easel
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
- 22.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 25.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 26.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) shape
- 28.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
- 30.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a coiled rope (c) stitches on cloth (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 32.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
- 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 36.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 37.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) 6B (c) 2H (d) HB
- 38.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
- 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) round brush
- 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a spiral
- False
- True
- highlight
- oval
- the part nearest you
- value
- 6
- zigzag lines
- 2B
- 7
- ocean waves
- a dice
- stippling
- False
- lines all one way
- easel
- True
- True
- near the viewer
- where light hits most
- diagonal
- value
- hatching
- many parallel lines
- True
- colour
- False
- a snail shell
- False
- stitches on cloth
- a 3D form
- True
- how a surface feels
- scrubbing hard on paper
- mixing colours
- HB
- rinsing between colours
- flat brush
- False
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