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 form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) round brush (d) palette
- 3.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 4.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 5.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 6.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 7.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 9.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
- 11.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, light washes (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 13.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) above the object (c) under the object (d) in the sky
- 14.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
- 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 16.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
- 17.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 22.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) bright, flat colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
- 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 24.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 27.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 29.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a person standing tall (c) a table top (d) a standing tree trunk
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) rectangle (c) pyramid (d) square
- 34.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
- 37.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 38.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
Answer key
- a solid 3D object
- palette
- scrubbing hard on paper
- drying bristles up
- 6
- 6B
- fine lines and details
- poster colour
- True
- a closed flat outline
- hard, waxy sticks
- middle ground
- under the object
- giving a pencil a point
- far away
- a spiral
- False
- False
- sharpener
- form
- vertical lines
- blend with a fingertip
- highlight
- False
- a long, thin mark
- spiral line
- good brush care
- 7
- True
- watercolour
- foreground
- a table top
- pyramid
- shadow side
- line
- texture
- horizontal
- a coiled rope
- far away
- a falling tree
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