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.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 3.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a flag in the wind (c) dashes on a road (d) a coiled rope
- 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) round brush
- 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 7.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a matchbox (b) a sugar cube (c) a drinking straw (d) a candle
- 10.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) pyramid (d) square
- 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 12.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 14.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) H (d) B
- 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
- 16.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 18.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 19.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 21.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) pyramid (b) square (c) oval (d) triangle
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a dice (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a party hat (d) a drinking straw
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a form (c) a cube (d) a sculpture
- 29.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) oval (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
- 34.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 35.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 38.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) see-through colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 40.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
Answer key
- False
- a sleeping person
- a coiled rope
- water pot
- False
- vertical
- False
- a wide flat brush
- a matchbox
- square
- background
- the part in between
- watercolour
- H
- a long, thin mark
- dark value
- cross-hatching
- 2B
- holding paper flat
- frame
- True
- pyramid
- shape
- palette
- False
- a dice
- 7
- a shape
- oval
- False
- 4
- wax crayons
- form
- horizontal
- False
- False
- foreground
- do not smudge easily
- middle ground
- diagonal
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