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 element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
- 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
- 3.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a wide flat brush (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
- 5.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 7.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 8.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: we use a water pot for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
- 11.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 12.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 13.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
- 14.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 15.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 18.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 20.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 21.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles up or flat (c) in the water pot (d) bristles down
- 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
- 23.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 24.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
- 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) rectangle (c) square (d) pyramid
- 27.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 29.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a traffic cone (b) a football (c) a candle (d) a sugar cube
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 31.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
- 33.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) space
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 38.What do we use a sponge for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
- 39.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
Answer key
- texture
- the area around objects
- False
- a small round brush
- False
- lines all one way
- on the right side
- False
- False
- a wavy line
- diagonal
- a tall lamp post
- wide, straight strokes
- a 3D form
- white to black
- True
- frame
- True
- rinsing between colours
- rinsing brushes
- bristles up or flat
- texture
- diagonal
- bad for the brush
- the edge of a calm sea
- pyramid
- 2B
- hard, light marks
- a sugar cube
- medium marks
- 1
- space
- False
- True
- cube
- space
- wax crayons
- dabbing soft textures
- shows less detail
- easel
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