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 solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) rectangle (c) triangle (d) star
- 2.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 4.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 5.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
- 7.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 9.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 11.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 12.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) square (d) cylinder
- 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
- 15.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cube (d) cone
- 18.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) easel (d) palette
- 20.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 21.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 22.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
- 24.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a coiled rope (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a snail shell
- 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 27.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 4B (c) HB (d) B
- 29.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 30.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) form
- 33.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
- 35.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 36.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a coiled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
Answer key
- cylinder
- False
- near the viewer
- the side facing the lamp
- True
- a 3D form
- False
- straight line
- 4B
- looks smaller
- smooth, soft tones
- diagonal
- square
- glue
- 4
- 7
- sphere
- dark value
- easel
- a 2D shape
- shows less detail
- on the left side
- only length and width
- False
- a flag in the wind
- poster colour
- False
- HB
- drying bristles up
- False
- washing with mild soap
- colour
- False
- a hue, like red or blue
- 4
- a lightning bolt
- False
- 6B
- form
- a tightly pulled rope
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