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.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
- 2.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) form
- 5.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 6.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 8.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a wriggling snake (c) dashes on a road (d) a jalebi
- 9.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) overlaps other things
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 13.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) B (c) HB (d) 4H
- 14.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 17.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press lighter
- 18.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cube
- 19.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
- 22.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 23.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) space
- 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 26.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 27.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a lightning bolt (c) stitches on cloth (d) a snail shell
- 29.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 33.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 34.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 37.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
Answer key
- dabbing soft textures
- False
- True
- shape
- good brush care
- hard, waxy sticks
- glue
- a ruler’s edge
- overlaps other things
- looks paler and bluer
- 7
- diagonal lines
- HB
- horizontal
- False
- pencil
- press harder
- cube
- horizontal
- False
- the bottom of the page
- zigzag line
- blending
- colour
- texture
- wavy line
- True
- stitches on cloth
- sits near the horizon
- poster colour
- the part in between
- the part nearest you
- a tall lamp post
- False
- True
- space
- True
- False
- True
- how light or dark it is
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