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 clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things
- 2.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
- 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) round brush
- 8.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a dice (c) a water pipe (d) a sugar cube
- 11.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 12.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) in the sky (c) on the ceiling (d) under the object
- 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sponge (c) palette (d) water pot
- 15.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 16.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) sharpener
- 20.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 22.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) inside the object
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.True or false: we use a sharpener for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a standing tree trunk
- 26.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a falling tree (d) a playground slide
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 28.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 29.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 31.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) square
- 32.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 34.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 35.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
- 39.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
Answer key
- sits near the horizon
- background
- False
- a 2D shape
- form
- the part in between
- masking tape
- False
- a sleeping person
- a traffic cone
- cube
- under the object
- value
- palette
- bad for the brush
- light value
- True
- True
- sharpener
- True
- spiral line
- on the right side
- 7
- False
- the edge of a calm sea
- a tall lamp post
- cast shadow
- geometric shape
- True
- diagonal
- sphere
- a wide flat brush
- colour
- horizontal
- vertical
- only length and width
- True
- sits lower on the page
- False
- watercolour
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