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 landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 2.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 9.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a sculpture
- 10.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
- 12.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 17.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a laser beam (c) a coiled rope (d) a lightning bolt
- 18.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
- 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) square (c) sphere (d) cube
- 21.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks bigger (d) sits near the horizon
- 22.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) water pot (d) palette
- 25.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a globe (b) a brick (c) a football (d) an ice-cream cone
- 26.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 27.What do we use a round brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 29.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 30.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) heavy (c) hot (d) hard
- 31.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 34.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) palette (d) water pot
- 37.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
- 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
Answer key
- background
- True
- False
- 12
- scrubbing hard on paper
- line
- sharpener
- the part in between
- a shape
- True
- lots of tiny dots
- 1
- hard, light marks
- False
- False
- good brush care
- ocean waves
- things that look biggest
- hard, light marks
- square
- looks bigger
- horizontal
- standing on its bristles
- palette
- an ice-cream cone
- a 2D shape
- fine lines and details
- zigzag lines
- good brush care
- hard
- do not smudge easily
- 7
- triangle
- geometric shape
- oil pastels
- easel
- smooth, soft tones
- shadow side
- glue
- overlaps other things
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