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 lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 4.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 5.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 6.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
- 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 12.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
- 13.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
- 14.True or false: we use a sponge for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 17.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 19.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) star
- 20.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
- 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 22.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a wriggling snake (d) a coiled rope
- 24.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 27.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 28.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
- 31.True or false: we use a sponge for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 33.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) light first outlines
- 34.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 35.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 37.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
- 38.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 39.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- curved lines
- looks bigger
- watercolour
- good brush care
- 6
- 8
- hatching
- how light or dark it is
- False
- colour
- watercolour
- criss-cross lines
- do not smudge easily
- False
- True
- False
- dark value
- straight line
- sphere
- lines all one way
- foreground
- False
- a coiled rope
- True
- blend with a fingertip
- the side away from light
- dark value
- shadow side
- highlight
- a sleeping person
- False
- diagonal
- light first outlines
- dotted or broken line
- True
- oil pastels
- sits lower on the page
- wavy line
- horizontal
- False
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