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 art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
- 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 6.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 7.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 8.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
- 9.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hot (c) hard (d) high
- 10.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 11.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 12.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 15.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 19.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a traffic cone (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a marble
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) star (c) cone (d) sphere
- 23.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 24.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 27.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) square (c) pyramid (d) circle
- 29.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) sphere
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 32.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
- 34.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
- 37.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) foreground (c) vanishing point (d) border
- 38.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
- 39.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 40.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
Answer key
- watercolour
- looks bigger
- False
- geometric shape
- cube
- dotted or broken line
- horizontal
- a wriggling snake
- hard
- holding a board upright
- vertical
- near the viewer
- True
- 9
- True
- False
- texture
- horizontal lines
- a marble
- sphere
- background
- star
- 1
- True
- cuboid
- shadow side
- 4
- pyramid
- False
- cuboid
- horizontal lines
- H
- a sense of near and far
- 0
- True
- only length and width
- vanishing point
- wide, straight strokes
- True
- giving a pencil a point
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