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 the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 2.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 7.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
- 9.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 11.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 12.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
- 13.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
- 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) space
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a tall lamp post (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 23.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 27.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 28.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) brown (c) big (d) black
- 31.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
- 35.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
- 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 39.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
Answer key
- horizontal
- True
- vertical
- False
- highlight
- foreground
- spiral line
- easel
- False
- foreground
- zigzag line
- where light hits most
- True
- False
- glue
- leaving it in water
- True
- hatching
- rectangle
- space
- 7
- a table top
- True
- True
- True
- False
- light value
- False
- True
- black
- far away
- False
- True
- light first outlines
- cube
- colour
- form
- near the viewer
- organic shape
- washing with mild soap
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