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 leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 2.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
- 5.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 7.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) far hills and the sky (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
- 11.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) ocean waves (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) dashes on a road
- 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 17.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 24.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 25.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a jalebi
- 26.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 27.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 28.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 29.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 31.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
- 34.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) eyes (d) elbows
- 35.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 36.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) ocean waves (c) the teeth of a saw (d) stitches on cloth
- 37.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 38.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 39.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
Answer key
- bad for the brush
- True
- cross-hatching
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- gaps between things
- the part in between
- watercolour
- shadow side
- looks bigger
- dashes on a road
- False
- can be seen all round
- wax crayons
- hard, light marks
- curved lines
- False
- False
- False
- False
- 7
- True
- texture
- vertical
- a wriggling snake
- bad for the brush
- organic shape
- a 3D form
- cube
- shadow side
- True
- False
- shape
- eyes
- a tall lamp post
- ocean waves
- zigzag line
- 0
- looks smaller
- poster colour
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