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.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 3.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) flat brush
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 6.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) thick, opaque paint
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) easel
- 8.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 10.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 13.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
- 14.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 15.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 17.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 19.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 22.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 24.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 28.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 29.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 31.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 34.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) easel (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 37.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a dice (b) a traffic cone (c) a drinking straw (d) a brick
- 39.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 6B
- 40.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 3D form (c) a 2D shape
Answer key
- straight line
- sphere
- 2B
- flat brush
- horizontal lines
- soft, light washes
- water pot
- good brush care
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- background
- value
- sits lower on the page
- watercolour
- False
- background
- False
- sits lower on the page
- True
- foreground
- dark value
- a 2D shape
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- hatching
- False
- leaving it in water
- horizontal
- wavy line
- 4
- 6
- 7
- zigzag line
- True
- watercolour
- round brush
- True
- a drinking straw
- 2H
- a 3D form
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