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 is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 2.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 5.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) triangle (d) pyramid
- 7.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 8.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 9.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 10.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
- 14.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
- 15.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 16.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) star (c) triangle (d) cuboid
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
- 20.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 21.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
- 26.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
- 28.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 29.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 30.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 32.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) star (d) cube
- 33.True or false: we use an easel for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 35.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 37.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 38.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) circle
- 39.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
Answer key
- washing with mild soap
- False
- True
- poster colour
- horizontal
- triangle
- wavy line
- a 2D shape
- light value
- False
- False
- False
- a moving dot’s path
- thick, opaque paint
- 6B
- False
- cuboid
- wax crayons
- a hue, like red or blue
- 8
- False
- horizontal
- a long, thin mark
- watercolour
- texture
- foreground
- the part in between
- 4
- a 3D form
- far away
- zigzag lines
- star
- False
- bristles up or flat
- False
- organic shape
- a 3D form
- circle
- dotted or broken line
- 7
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