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 diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) easel
- 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 4.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 5.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 6.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 4H
- 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 2B (c) B (d) H
- 8.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) 2B
- 9.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 10.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) younger (c) closer to you (d) taller
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
- 12.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 13.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 15.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 17.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
- 19.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 21.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks bigger
- 23.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) masking tape
- 26.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 28.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) in the water pot (d) with paint on it
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) star (c) cone (d) cube
- 30.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
- 31.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours
- 32.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 34.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
- 36.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 38.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
Answer key
- a leaning ladder
- water pot
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- hard, waxy sticks
- blending
- B
- H
- 4H
- vertical
- farther away
- frame
- 0
- False
- foreground
- leaving it in water
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- cube
- dark value
- round brush
- False
- looks bigger
- dabbing soft textures
- cross-hatching
- masking tape
- horizontal
- far away
- bristles up or flat
- star
- a standing tree trunk
- holding paper flat
- True
- good brush care
- 7
- looks bigger
- False
- letting paint dry on it
- False
- True
- dashes on a road
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