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.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 6.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) flat brush
- 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
- 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 12.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
- 13.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 14.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) square
- 15.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
- 17.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: we use a sharpener for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
- 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
- 21.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) round brush
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 24.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) in the water pot (d) with paint on it
- 25.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 27.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
- 31.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 34.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 36.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 38.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
Answer key
- True
- False
- pencil
- True
- wavy line
- sphere
- wax crayons
- cast shadow
- flat brush
- has height, width, depth
- highlight
- a playground slide
- far away
- sphere
- False
- mixing colours
- True
- False
- mixed with lots of water
- a solid 3D object
- 9
- easel
- form
- bristles up or flat
- False
- cylinder
- True
- dots packed close
- soft, dark marks
- a wavy line
- 12
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- 7
- True
- hard, light marks
- False
- horizontal
- False
- False
- form
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