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: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 3.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) blend with a fingertip (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 10.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a dice (b) a marble (c) a brick (d) a globe
- 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
- 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 16.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) value
- 19.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 20.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a lightning bolt (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a jalebi
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 23.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) dashes on a road (c) stitches on cloth (d) a lightning bolt
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) flat brush
- 25.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 26.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
- 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 30.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 32.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
- 33.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 34.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 36.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 37.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 39.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- watercolour
- False
- mixed with lots of water
- hard, waxy sticks
- watercolour
- value
- 7
- straight line
- True
- a dice
- a solid 3D object
- False
- shape
- spiral line
- the edge of a calm sea
- overlaps other things
- form
- diagonal
- a ruler’s edge
- palette
- pencil
- a lightning bolt
- flat brush
- geometric shape
- horizontal
- False
- what a rainbow shows
- hatching
- holding paper flat
- pencil
- the side facing the lamp
- light value
- True
- geometric shape
- reshaping the tip
- True
- a sleeping person
- True
- True
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