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 sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
- 2.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 5.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 7.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 8.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 9.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
- 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 11.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 12.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 15.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) flat brush
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 25.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 26.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
- 27.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) square (c) triangle (d) oval
- 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
- 29.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 30.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 31.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
- 32.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) fine lines and details
- 33.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a coiled rope (c) a wriggling snake (d) a cut-here line
- 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
- 36.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 37.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 38.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) mixed with lots of water
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
Answer key
- a long, thin mark
- bad for the brush
- lines all one way
- blending
- on the left side
- oil pastels
- dotted or broken line
- zigzag line
- a wavy line
- a moving dot’s path
- far away
- good brush care
- cube
- standing on its bristles
- diagonal
- True
- masking tape
- watercolour
- straight line
- cube
- highlight
- medium marks
- far away
- highlight
- a shape
- a spiral
- cuboid
- has height, width, depth
- True
- its shadow on the table
- light first outlines
- mixing colours
- True
- a cut-here line
- glue
- zigzag line
- 6B
- bright, flat colour
- sphere
- washing with mild soap
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