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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 2.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) border (d) vanishing point
- 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a jalebi
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
- 7.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a coiled rope (d) a cut-here line
- 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a cut-here line (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a laser beam
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 12.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) line
- 14.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a party hat (c) a matchbox (d) a candle
- 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 19.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 20.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) light first outlines (d) blend with a fingertip
- 21.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
- 23.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 25.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 28.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) B
- 29.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
- 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 31.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a tall lamp post (d) a standing tree trunk
- 32.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) circle (d) cuboid
- 33.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) closer to you (c) farther away (d) taller
- 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
- 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 40.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
Answer key
- foreground
- diagonal
- False
- vanishing point
- a wriggling snake
- space
- False
- a coiled rope
- a lightning bolt
- 7
- highlight
- a 3D form
- line
- False
- False
- hard, light marks
- a matchbox
- texture
- 9
- blend with a fingertip
- on the left side
- has height, width, depth
- the edge of a calm sea
- horizontal lines
- organic shape
- drying bristles up
- sharpener
- B
- cube
- foreground
- a playground slide
- circle
- farther away
- looks furry or scaly
- the brightest spot
- False
- False
- False
- True
- stippling
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