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 of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
- 2.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) star (c) circle (d) sphere
- 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 6.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
- 11.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) thick, opaque paint (c) mixed with lots of water (d) see-through colour
- 15.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 19.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) pyramid (d) cuboid
- 21.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
- 22.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a form
- 23.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) sponge
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) 6B (d) HB
- 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 31.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) colour
- 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form
- 40.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- can be seen all round
- True
- sphere
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- rinsing between colours
- horizontal
- sits near the horizon
- watercolour
- frame
- from white to black
- False
- light value
- False
- do not smudge easily
- False
- True
- a tall lamp post
- soft, dark marks
- True
- oval
- cube
- a shape
- True
- far away
- False
- water pot
- 7
- HB
- 6B
- False
- rinsing brushes
- diagonal lines
- shape
- easel
- False
- True
- organic shape
- True
- form
- True
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