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 art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) water pot (d) flat brush
- 2.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
- 5.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 6.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
- 8.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 4H (d) B
- 9.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 11.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) horizon (d) background
- 12.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 13.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 14.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) bright, flat colour (b) light first outlines (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 15.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 16.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 18.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 19.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 23.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a standing tree trunk
- 26.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a globe (c) a shoe box (d) a traffic cone
- 27.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
- 31.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a ruler’s edge (c) dashes on a road (d) a coiled rope
- 32.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
- 34.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) circle (c) square (d) sphere
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 36.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
- 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
- 38.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
Answer key
- masking tape
- a spiral
- False
- cube
- dotted or broken line
- 0
- what a rainbow shows
- B
- False
- cross-hatching
- focal point
- rinsing between colours
- 4
- hard, waxy sticks
- a 3D form
- False
- 2B
- light value
- diagonal
- False
- 7
- vertical lines
- True
- True
- the edge of a calm sea
- a globe
- False
- False
- diagonal
- gaps between things
- the teeth of a saw
- True
- texture
- sphere
- foreground
- texture
- a tall lamp post
- True
- hard, light marks
- foreground
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