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 the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 3.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
- 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
- 9.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 11.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 13.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) square (c) sphere (d) cone
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
- 16.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 23.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 27.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 28.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
- 30.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 31.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 32.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: we use an easel for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
- 38.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 39.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) under the object (c) in the sky (d) above the object
- 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) sits near the horizon
Answer key
- 4
- far away
- False
- True
- False
- True
- space
- a sleeping person
- 9
- highlight
- do not smudge easily
- oil pastels
- True
- sphere
- form
- True
- foreground
- line
- False
- False
- sharpener
- sits near the horizon
- background
- 7
- False
- wavy line
- straight line
- False
- glue
- zigzag line
- good brush care
- a small round brush
- cast shadow
- True
- False
- False
- the bottom of the page
- True
- under the object
- sits lower on the page
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