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 picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 4.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
- 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
- 6.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
- 8.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 10.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 11.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
- 13.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
- 14.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
- 16.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 19.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
- 21.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 23.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 24.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 28.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) horizon (d) background
- 29.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 33.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) big (c) brown (d) black
- 34.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 2B (c) H (d) 6B
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 37.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
- 40.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
Answer key
- far away
- 7
- on the left side
- a falling tree
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- light first outlines
- False
- 12
- spiral line
- lines crossing over
- glue
- bristles up or flat
- True
- frame
- True
- smudging with a finger
- letting paint dry on it
- diagonal
- a long, thin mark
- False
- cube
- dotted or broken line
- False
- far away
- highlight
- zigzag lines
- focal point
- False
- easel
- blending
- straight line
- black
- H
- hard, light marks
- wax crayons
- False
- 6
- can be seen all round
- a sleeping person
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