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 flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 2.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
- 4.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 7.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
- 8.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) form
- 10.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 11.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
- 16.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 18.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
- 22.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
- 24.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) round brush
- 26.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
- 32.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 35.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 37.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) elbows (d) feet
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) space
- 39.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a leaning ladder
- 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
Answer key
- organic shape
- texture
- easel
- True
- True
- oil pastels
- the part in between
- True
- texture
- a shape
- good brush care
- texture
- a closed flat outline
- straight line
- shape
- True
- rinsing between colours
- False
- organic shape
- 7
- easel
- False
- bristles up or flat
- a table top
- palette
- True
- False
- see-through colour
- only length and width
- watercolour
- a sense of near and far
- False
- False
- zigzag lines
- True
- soft, creamy sticks
- eyes
- line
- a leaning ladder
- the top of the scene
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