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 of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a water pipe (c) a sugar cube (d) a football
- 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
- 3.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 7.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 9.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a water pipe (b) a traffic cone (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
- 11.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
- 13.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
- 16.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) round brush
- 18.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 24.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) cylinder (d) square
- 27.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) easel (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 33.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
- 38.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) B (c) 2B (d) H
Answer key
- a football
- a sense of near and far
- False
- shows less detail
- background
- vertical
- True
- True
- stippling
- a water pipe
- False
- has height, width, depth
- False
- form
- shows more detail
- False
- round brush
- False
- False
- False
- True
- False
- far away
- False
- True
- cylinder
- True
- True
- zigzag line
- water pot
- wax crayons
- watercolour
- False
- False
- False
- horizontal
- easel
- True
- False
- H
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