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.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 2.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines crossing over (d) criss-cross lines
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 5.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 7.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) focal point (d) horizon
- 8.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 9.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) line
- 12.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
- 14.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 18.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 19.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 20.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 21.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) dashes on a road (c) ocean waves (d) a lightning bolt
- 22.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 23.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 24.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 25.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 26.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 30.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 31.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) rectangle (d) pyramid
- 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
- 37.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 38.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cone (b) square (c) oval (d) star
Answer key
- horizontal
- lines all one way
- water pot
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- vertical
- focal point
- reshaping the tip
- True
- criss-cross lines
- shape
- True
- lines crossing over
- False
- watercolour
- has height, width, depth
- masking tape
- organic shape
- 2
- horizontal
- a lightning bolt
- dark value
- diagonal
- a 2D shape
- light value
- False
- vertical lines
- 7
- foreground
- on the right side
- False
- pyramid
- True
- True
- stippling
- glue
- hatching
- washing with mild soap
- False
- cone
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