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.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) a lightning bolt (d) dashes on a road
- 3.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 5.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 8.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 9.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) triangle (c) circle (d) rectangle
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a water pipe (b) a globe (c) a football (d) a traffic cone
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 15.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 16.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a brick (b) a candle (c) a football (d) a marble
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 20.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) 6B
- 21.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) 4H
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 6B (d) 4H
- 24.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 25.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 30.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) highlight
- 31.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) horizon (d) background
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) value
- 33.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 35.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
- 38.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
- 40.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) in the sky (c) under the object (d) on the ceiling
Answer key
- False
- dashes on a road
- True
- a 3D form
- True
- shows less detail
- value
- far away
- cuboid
- a traffic cone
- 7
- True
- a leaning ladder
- diagonal lines
- 2B
- 4H
- a brick
- oil pastels
- looks smaller
- HB
- 4H
- drying bristles up
- 6B
- 0
- False
- form
- far away
- False
- 2
- vanishing point
- focal point
- space
- False
- middle ground
- False
- False
- the area around objects
- False
- glue
- under the object
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