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 row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 2.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) a dice
- 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
- 6.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
- 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 11.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
- 14.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a cut-here line (d) dashes on a road
- 16.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
- 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) form
- 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
- 22.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) B (d) 4B
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 24.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a form
- 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 34.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a wriggling snake (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a snail shell
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a falling tree
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) shape
Answer key
- zigzag line
- a dice
- highlight
- a moving dot’s path
- glue
- True
- texture
- False
- shows more detail
- medium marks
- False
- True
- has height, width, depth
- True
- a ruler’s edge
- soft, creamy sticks
- cuboid
- shape
- shadow side
- form
- how light or dark it is
- 4H
- sharpener
- foreground
- False
- False
- False
- a shape
- horizontal lines
- watercolour
- False
- True
- washing with mild soap
- a snail shell
- soft, dark marks
- True
- a 3D form
- square
- a standing tree trunk
- space
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