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 of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) the teeth of a saw
- 2.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
- 3.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) border (c) foreground (d) highlight
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
- 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 11.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 13.True or false: ocean waves looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 17.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 18.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 19.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) heavy (d) hot
- 20.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
- 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
- 23.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 24.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) giving a pencil a point
- 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 26.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
- 28.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sponge
- 30.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
- 31.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 32.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 34.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 35.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
- 36.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) pyramid (d) cube
- 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
- 40.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
Answer key
- the teeth of a saw
- holding paper flat
- vanishing point
- 7
- hard, waxy sticks
- shadow side
- hard, light marks
- False
- a hue, like red or blue
- pyramid
- False
- good brush care
- False
- overlaps other things
- the top of the scene
- space
- bad for the brush
- bristles up or flat
- hard
- True
- colour
- the part in between
- True
- giving a pencil a point
- 4
- vertical
- only length and width
- light value
- easel
- overlaps other things
- True
- dark value
- frame
- 4
- a wavy line
- horizontal
- looks smaller
- triangle
- ocean waves
- organic shape
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