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) pyramid (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) cone
- 2.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 4.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 5.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 8.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) star (c) triangle (d) cuboid
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 13.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 15.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 17.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 19.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) form
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) square (c) star (d) rectangle
- 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you
- 24.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 26.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
- 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 38.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) mixed with lots of water (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) at the bottom edge
Answer key
- oval
- bad for the brush
- False
- dabbing soft textures
- True
- geometric shape
- far away
- cuboid
- highlight
- False
- curved lines
- 7
- True
- diagonal lines
- 2H
- many parallel lines
- False
- a falling tree
- False
- False
- value
- sphere
- the top of the scene
- False
- 4
- 2
- easel
- wax crayons
- background
- True
- giving a pencil a point
- pencil
- highlight
- wavy line
- poster colour
- near the viewer
- lines crossing over
- mixed with lots of water
- near the viewer
- on the horizon line
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