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.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 3.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) H (d) 2H
- 4.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a coiled rope
- 5.✏️ 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
- 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 7.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) space
- 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
- 11.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 13.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 18.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) easel
- 21.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) sand (c) glue (d) hot oil
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 23.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 25.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) colour
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 28.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
- 30.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) colour
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks bigger
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 37.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
- 39.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
Answer key
- organic shape
- looks paler and bluer
- 4B
- a tightly pulled rope
- the side facing the lamp
- soft, dark marks
- False
- False
- space
- can be seen all round
- organic shape
- poster colour
- vertical
- easel
- reshaping the tip
- True
- cross-hatching
- False
- False
- water pot
- water and mild soap
- sphere
- True
- cylinder
- True
- texture
- line
- organic shape
- shape
- 7
- form
- False
- lines all one way
- looks bigger
- the side away from light
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- cube
- a table top
- zigzag line
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