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 sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 2.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 3.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
- 5.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part nearest you
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
- 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 10.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 11.True or false: we use a water pot for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 12.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) shows more detail
- 14.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
- 16.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) round brush
- 18.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) criss-cross lines (d) dots packed close
- 19.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) star
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 22.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a straight line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 24.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 26.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a candle (b) a water pipe (c) a shoe box (d) a traffic cone
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2B (c) 4H (d) HB
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 31.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
- 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
- 33.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) form
- 37.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 38.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 40.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
Answer key
- horizontal
- straight line
- bristles up or flat
- a solid 3D object
- True
- the part in between
- line
- False
- shape
- diagonal
- False
- a 2D shape
- shows more detail
- False
- looks bigger
- geometric shape
- masking tape
- dots packed close
- a spiral
- star
- watercolour
- a wavy line
- medium marks
- False
- watercolour
- 4
- a traffic cone
- False
- 2B
- sits near the horizon
- smudging with a finger
- glue
- False
- True
- False
- space
- a table top
- False
- True
- 2B
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