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 clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) sits lower on the page
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 3.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 4.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
- 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 7.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) masking tape
- 10.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
- 12.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 14.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 16.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) space
- 18.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a jalebi (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
- 19.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) a coiled rope
- 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) star
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 23.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) shows less detail
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 25.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 26.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 27.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 30.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) form
- 35.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) square (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 38.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 40.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
Answer key
- sits near the horizon
- leaving it in water
- looks paler and bluer
- cone
- frame
- foreground
- wavy line
- horizontal
- palette
- a 3D form
- easel
- True
- a solid 3D object
- a 3D form
- the bottom of the page
- False
- form
- a laser beam
- a coiled rope
- sphere
- False
- soft, creamy sticks
- shows more detail
- shape
- True
- vertical
- False
- True
- diagonal
- light value
- zigzag line
- 7
- False
- form
- geometric shape
- a hue, like red or blue
- square
- False
- False
- light value
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