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: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 6.True or false: we use a palette for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 8.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 9.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) stitches on cloth
- 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) palette (d) sponge
- 12.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) hot oil
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 14.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 15.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 16.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 18.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) bright, flat colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
- 19.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) B (c) 4B (d) 2H
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 21.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) taller (c) younger (d) farther away
- 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
- 23.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 30.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 31.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 34.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 35.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
- 36.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a cut-here line (d) a ruler’s edge
- 37.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 4B
- 38.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) B (d) 4B
- 39.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) dashes on a road (c) stitches on cloth (d) a laser beam
- 40.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
Answer key
- True
- 4
- True
- True
- foreground
- False
- shows less detail
- organic shape
- a wriggling snake
- value
- palette
- water and mild soap
- flat brush
- shadow side
- a 2D shape
- light value
- middle ground
- do not smudge easily
- 2H
- frame
- farther away
- glue
- False
- 1
- False
- False
- False
- False
- horizontal
- a 3D form
- True
- True
- soft, dark marks
- organic shape
- soft, light washes
- a ruler’s edge
- HB
- H
- a laser beam
- dark value
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