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 masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
- 2.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 3.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 6.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a laser beam (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a ruler’s edge
- 7.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) hot (c) hard (d) heavy
- 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
- 9.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 11.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 12.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a sleeping person (d) a leaning ladder
- 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
- 20.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
- 21.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a dice (b) a globe (c) a candle (d) a water pipe
- 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
- 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
- 25.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) star (c) cone (d) cube
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a snail shell (d) a lightning bolt
- 30.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 38.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) things that look biggest (b) far hills and the sky (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 40.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
Answer key
- holding paper flat
- diagonal
- diagonal
- True
- sphere
- a flag in the wind
- hard
- gaps between things
- False
- white to black
- lines all one way
- True
- False
- False
- False
- a leaning ladder
- 2H
- False
- glue
- on the right side
- a dice
- how light or dark it is
- oil pastels
- easel
- True
- star
- 7
- False
- a lightning bolt
- False
- cross-hatching
- False
- 6B
- cuboid
- a long, thin mark
- watercolour
- zigzag lines
- False
- things that look biggest
- a wavy line
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