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 colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
- 2.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
- 3.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 7.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 8.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) space
- 10.✏️ 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
- 11.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 4H
- 13.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 14.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 16.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
- 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
- 23.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 24.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a big roller (d) a sponge
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) form
- 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
- 31.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
- 32.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 34.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 39.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
Answer key
- what a rainbow shows
- mixing colours
- dotted or broken line
- 7
- False
- zigzag lines
- geometric shape
- False
- space
- the side facing the lamp
- lines all one way
- 4H
- foreground
- True
- soft, light washes
- a sleeping person
- a long, thin mark
- cross-hatching
- colour
- False
- texture
- is partly hidden
- a playground slide
- False
- False
- a small round brush
- texture
- True
- False
- a person standing tall
- many parallel lines
- True
- 12
- shadow side
- reshaping the tip
- False
- True
- zigzag line
- True
- good brush care
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