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.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 4.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 5.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cube (d) cone
- 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 10.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
- 12.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 14.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
- 15.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) knees (c) feet (d) eyes
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
- 18.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 4B (d) 2H
- 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 21.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 23.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) drying bristles up
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 27.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a laser beam (d) a cut-here line
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 31.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 32.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 6B (c) 4B (d) HB
- 33.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cuboid (d) star
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) do not smudge easily
- 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
Answer key
- False
- True
- diagonal
- 9
- False
- True
- True
- cube
- watercolour
- False
- glue
- False
- 7
- fine lines and details
- False
- eyes
- form
- False
- 2H
- the brightest spot
- a playground slide
- background
- False
- drying bristles up
- stippling
- soft, dark marks
- True
- the teeth of a saw
- foreground
- 6B
- blend with a fingertip
- 4H
- False
- cuboid
- hatching
- True
- soft, creamy sticks
- a closed flat outline
- False
- sphere
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