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.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 2.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 3.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 6.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a water pipe (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
- 7.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 9.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) sphere (c) pyramid (d) cylinder
- 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) a wriggling snake (c) a coiled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
- 14.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) square (c) cube (d) sphere
- 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 16.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 17.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 18.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 20.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
- 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 26.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
- 28.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 6B (d) H
- 31.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
- 35.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) palette (d) sponge
- 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 38.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 39.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- 8
- see-through colour
- True
- form
- vertical lines
- a sugar cube
- False
- cast shadow
- False
- rectangle
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- a ruler’s edge
- sphere
- shadow side
- diagonal
- horizontal
- a 2D shape
- the side away from light
- True
- True
- False
- poster colour
- glue
- a sleeping person
- 2H
- the part in between
- sphere
- False
- H
- False
- zigzag lines
- a hue, like red or blue
- how light or dark it is
- True
- sponge
- 7
- 4
- sits near the horizon
- far away
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