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 the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 5.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 7.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) charcoal (d) poster colour
- 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 10.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 12.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 13.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 15.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 19.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 21.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 23.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) space
- 28.True or false: we use an easel for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) oval (d) pyramid
- 30.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 31.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 in between (d) far hills and the sky
- 32.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 34.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 35.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) oval (d) circle
- 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
- 40.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) younger
Answer key
- a moving dot’s path
- washing with mild soap
- shape
- colour
- True
- soft, dark marks
- poster colour
- False
- shape
- drying bristles up
- poster colour
- a 2D shape
- False
- dotted or broken line
- True
- 7
- False
- bristles up or flat
- diagonal
- dotted or broken line
- False
- standing on its bristles
- True
- False
- 1
- zigzag lines
- value
- False
- oval
- True
- the part in between
- True
- far away
- diagonal
- 6
- vertical lines
- pyramid
- True
- a hue, like red or blue
- farther away
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