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 looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a flag in the wind (c) a wriggling snake (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 2.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 3.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 4.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 6.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 8.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
- 10.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 6B (d) H
- 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) line
- 13.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 16.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 20.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) H
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cylinder (c) oval (d) cuboid
- 25.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) HB (d) 6B
- 26.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) water pot (d) round brush
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 31.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
- 34.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
- 35.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 36.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) a laser beam
- 38.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) space
Answer key
- a tightly pulled rope
- dotted or broken line
- stippling
- True
- horizontal
- False
- oil pastels
- rinsing between colours
- letting paint dry on it
- H
- how light or dark it is
- value
- False
- False
- soft, dark marks
- False
- False
- False
- wavy line
- B
- the part farthest away
- foreground
- form
- oval
- HB
- False
- True
- False
- water pot
- frame
- a 2D shape
- diagonal lines
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- bristles up or flat
- bad for the brush
- True
- a coiled rope
- True
- True
- shape
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