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 a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, light washes
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
- 3.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 5.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
- 6.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) heavy (c) hot (d) hard
- 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 9.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 10.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 11.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) form
- 13.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 14.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) shape
- 16.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
- 18.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 19.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 22.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cube (c) oval (d) triangle
- 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 27.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 28.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part nearest you
- 32.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
- 33.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
- 35.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) bright, flat colour
- 37.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) smudging with a finger (c) dots packed close (d) many parallel lines
- 39.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) closer to you (d) farther away
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
Answer key
- do not smudge easily
- reshaping the tip
- 4
- hard, light marks
- a leaning ladder
- False
- hard
- leaving it in water
- light value
- horizontal
- sphere
- colour
- highlight
- organic shape
- space
- True
- a playground slide
- dotted or broken line
- True
- drying bristles up
- oil pastels
- a 2D shape
- 7
- easel
- cube
- the part farthest away
- sphere
- True
- a 3D form
- the part in between
- the part nearest you
- lots of tiny dots
- lines all one way
- a long, thin mark
- 9
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- dots packed close
- farther away
- near the viewer
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