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 texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) easel (d) masking tape
- 3.True or false: we use a flat brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) round brush
- 7.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag line (c) a dotted line (d) a wavy line
- 8.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 10.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
- 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) value
- 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 16.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) smooth, soft tones
- 17.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: ocean waves looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 28.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) in a corner
- 29.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a laser beam
- 32.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 34.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 35.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
- 37.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) vanishing point (c) border (d) highlight
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 39.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
Answer key
- looks furry or scaly
- masking tape
- False
- False
- good brush care
- water pot
- a wavy line
- False
- watercolour
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- space
- 2B
- line
- far away
- smooth, soft tones
- True
- horizontal lines
- flat brush
- easel
- blending
- 7
- False
- far away
- True
- False
- cross-hatching
- where the lines cross
- False
- True
- ocean waves
- bad for the brush
- hard, light marks
- 4
- False
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- vanishing point
- wax crayons
- dark value
- soft, dark marks
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