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 is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 2.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 7.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 8.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
- 12.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) sphere
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 15.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a snail shell (c) a laser beam (d) a cut-here line
- 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) form
- 19.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
- 22.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 24.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 25.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a wavy line (d) a zigzag line
- 26.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) black (b) big (c) blue (d) brown
- 27.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 31.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) charcoal (d) poster colour
- 32.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) space
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
- 35.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 36.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
- 37.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 38.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
- 39.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
Answer key
- letting paint dry on it
- True
- glue
- dotted or broken line
- letting paint dry on it
- poster colour
- 9
- True
- True
- True
- a table top
- geometric shape
- cone
- horizontal lines
- a laser beam
- texture
- soft, dark marks
- line
- a leaning ladder
- the brightest spot
- easel
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- good brush care
- a wavy line
- black
- many parallel lines
- a solid 3D object
- 4
- sits near the horizon
- poster colour
- light value
- space
- looks paler and bluer
- a 2D shape
- a 3D form
- horizontal
- on the left side
- False
- lines all one way
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