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.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
- 5.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) easel (d) palette
- 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) star (c) square (d) triangle
- 11.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 12.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 13.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) square (d) oval
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a snail shell
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) form
- 16.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
- 18.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) charcoal (d) poster colour
- 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
- 20.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 22.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
- 24.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 25.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 27.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 28.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 30.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 34.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) B (c) 4B (d) 6B
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 38.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
Answer key
- 4
- easel
- the part nearest you
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- False
- True
- sponge
- the area around objects
- cylinder
- 2
- eyes
- pyramid
- a snail shell
- line
- False
- gaps between things
- poster colour
- a hue, like red or blue
- False
- False
- dark value
- glue
- a cut-here line
- True
- the top of the scene
- geometric shape
- False
- watercolour
- False
- True
- True
- shows less detail
- False
- 4H
- near the viewer
- soft, creamy sticks
- False
- frame
- wax crayons
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