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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 2.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 3.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 6.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 9.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 10.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) do not smudge easily (d) blend with a fingertip
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
- 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 14.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 17.True or false: we use a round brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 19.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cone
- 23.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) shows less detail (d) shows more detail
- 25.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
- 28.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 29.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
- 30.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
- 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 34.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
- 35.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 37.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 40.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
Answer key
- sponge
- thick, opaque paint
- 6
- a standing tree trunk
- cuboid
- False
- frame
- horizontal
- a 3D form
- do not smudge easily
- shape
- False
- diagonal
- True
- True
- standing on its bristles
- False
- looks smaller
- False
- vertical lines
- oil pastels
- cone
- good brush care
- shows less detail
- True
- True
- a long, thin mark
- light value
- water and mild soap
- overlaps other things
- texture
- watercolour
- oil pastels
- a wavy line
- vertical
- 6B
- False
- False
- diagonal
- the top of the scene
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