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 line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
- 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) square (c) triangle (d) circle
- 4.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 8.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 12.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 14.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 15.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 17.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 18.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
- 21.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 6B (d) B
- 25.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
- 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cone
- 30.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 32.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
- 35.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 37.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
- 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
- 40.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a long, thin mark
- lots of tiny dots
- sphere
- False
- False
- True
- watercolour
- True
- False
- True
- True
- light value
- 4
- a 2D shape
- True
- zigzag lines
- horizontal lines
- light value
- far away
- the brightest spot
- True
- watercolour
- 7
- 4H
- on the right side
- shape
- frame
- False
- cone
- hatching
- standing on its bristles
- geometric shape
- False
- a spiral
- True
- wax crayons
- False
- a hue, like red or blue
- the area around objects
- False
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