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) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 2.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 3.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
- 4.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours
- 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 6.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) a football
- 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 10.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 12.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 13.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding a board upright (b) dabbing soft textures (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 15.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 16.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 17.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 20.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 21.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
- 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
- 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 25.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) sponge
- 27.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a person standing tall (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 29.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) value
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) round brush
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
- 36.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 39.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
Answer key
- horizontal
- False
- mixing colours
- fine lines and details
- 7
- a football
- True
- a shape
- leaving it in water
- False
- 2
- straight line
- dabbing soft textures
- spiral line
- a 2D shape
- highlight
- False
- True
- good brush care
- a 3D form
- many parallel lines
- glue
- vertical lines
- shape
- wavy line
- flat brush
- a playground slide
- easel
- False
- form
- sphere
- easel
- soft, dark marks
- False
- 4B
- on the left side
- True
- 9
- False
- standing on its bristles
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