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 called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines crossing over (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
- 2.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) knees (d) feet
- 3.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
- 4.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
- 7.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 8.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) heavy (c) hot (d) high
- 9.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) sponge
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a falling tree
- 16.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 18.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
- 21.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 22.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 24.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) palette
- 26.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 28.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
- 29.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lots of tiny dots
- 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 32.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) colour
- 34.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 38.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- many parallel lines
- eyes
- a small round brush
- False
- washing with mild soap
- reshaping the tip
- horizontal
- hard
- False
- leaving it in water
- flat brush
- easel
- palette
- True
- the edge of a calm sea
- organic shape
- foreground
- True
- only length and width
- a flat 2D area
- a 2D shape
- True
- the side facing the lamp
- False
- round brush
- True
- stippling
- sits near the horizon
- lots of tiny dots
- 4
- zigzag line
- a wavy line
- line
- True
- glue
- sponge
- zigzag lines
- True
- far away
- True
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