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 looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
- 2.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) cone (d) rectangle
- 4.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) square
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) cube
- 7.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, light washes
- 8.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) charcoal (d) watercolour
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 12.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 14.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 15.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) oval (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 16.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
- 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 18.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 20.True or false: we use a sponge for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 22.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) form
- 26.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
- 30.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 32.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 33.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
- 34.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 38.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 39.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) star (c) cube (d) cuboid
Answer key
- a lightning bolt
- diagonal
- cone
- True
- sphere
- circle
- thick, opaque paint
- soft, creamy sticks
- 7
- poster colour
- poster colour
- False
- sharpener
- organic shape
- cylinder
- washing with mild soap
- 6B
- True
- background
- False
- sits near the horizon
- 4H
- value
- wavy line
- line
- 2H
- background
- looks smaller
- a flat 2D area
- 12
- hard, light marks
- 4
- many parallel lines
- False
- True
- True
- dark value
- horizontal
- light value
- star
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