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.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 2.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 3.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 4.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) rectangle
- 5.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 6.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 10.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 11.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) value
- 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
- 16.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 19.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) charcoal (d) poster colour
- 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a sleeping person
- 24.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 25.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
- 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a jalebi (c) a laser beam (d) ocean waves
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 28.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
- 30.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) sponge (d) palette
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 34.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 36.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cone (b) triangle (c) oval (d) square
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
Answer key
- diagonal
- 1
- hatching
- cuboid
- horizontal
- False
- a long, thin mark
- 7
- background
- dots packed close
- straight line
- frame
- value
- its shadow on the table
- shape
- True
- looks smaller
- texture
- False
- False
- poster colour
- cast shadow
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- the dark shape it throws
- ocean waves
- near the viewer
- False
- the top of the scene
- True
- False
- sponge
- horizontal lines
- HB
- background
- cone
- oil pastels
- True
- form
- watercolour
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