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 NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
- 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 4.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 5.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
- 7.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 8.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 10.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 14.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 16.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) heavy (c) hard (d) high
- 17.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) where the lines cross
- 18.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 20.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) ocean waves (d) a coiled rope
- 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 24.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 28.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a big roller (c) a sponge (d) a wide flat brush
- 29.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
- 30.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
- 31.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a pencil (d) a small round brush
- 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
- 34.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 35.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 36.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 37.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 38.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 39.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) palette
Answer key
- easel
- looks bigger
- spiral line
- vertical
- False
- texture
- giving a pencil a point
- True
- zigzag line
- horizontal
- True
- False
- a 3D form
- False
- a 3D form
- hard
- where the lines cross
- diagonal
- near the viewer
- True
- bad for the brush
- a coiled rope
- highlight
- False
- True
- False
- stippling
- a small round brush
- dots packed close
- circle
- a wide flat brush
- a solid 3D object
- a moving dot’s path
- a standing tree trunk
- wavy line
- 2H
- sphere
- light value
- True
- palette
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