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 of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
- 3.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a wriggling snake (d) a snail shell
- 5.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
- 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
- 8.True or false: we use a sharpener for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 9.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 10.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) cuboid (d) triangle
- 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 12.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 13.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 14.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) dashes on a road (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a wriggling snake
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 16.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 18.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 21.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a jalebi (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a lightning bolt
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 23.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
- 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 26.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) easel (d) round brush
- 33.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
- 34.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) cube (c) oval (d) star
- 35.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 36.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 38.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 39.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
Answer key
- organic shape
- a sense of near and far
- False
- a tightly pulled rope
- a wide flat brush
- easel
- the area around objects
- False
- diagonal
- triangle
- circle
- 4
- good brush care
- dashes on a road
- poster colour
- False
- colour
- geometric shape
- True
- smudging with a finger
- a jalebi
- far away
- horizontal
- a hue, like red or blue
- 7
- True
- False
- False
- False
- reshaping the tip
- watercolour
- round brush
- shows less detail
- cube
- zigzag line
- False
- horizontal
- good brush care
- True
- highlight
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