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 shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) a shoe box (c) a football (d) a party hat
- 2.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 3.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 5.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) vanishing point (c) border (d) foreground
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
- 8.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) star
- 9.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint
- 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 11.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
- 14.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 15.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 16.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) pyramid
- 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 20.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
- 25.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) water pot (d) easel
- 27.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
- 28.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 31.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 32.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) smudging with a finger
- 33.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 34.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) oval (d) cuboid
- 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) palette (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 38.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 39.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
Answer key
- a shoe box
- vertical
- blending
- the side away from light
- vanishing point
- looks paler and bluer
- a sleeping person
- star
- mixed with lots of water
- highlight
- True
- bad for the brush
- easel
- organic shape
- organic shape
- blending
- circle
- True
- sits near the horizon
- False
- True
- bad for the brush
- True
- a flat 2D area
- False
- water pot
- looks smaller
- light first outlines
- False
- drying bristles up
- 0
- dots packed close
- criss-cross lines
- True
- frame
- oval
- sponge
- zigzag lines
- cast shadow
- 7
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