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 lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 2.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
- 4.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) feet
- 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 7.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a sugar cube (b) a traffic cone (c) a football (d) a shoe box
- 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) colour
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 12.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 15.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) easel (d) sharpener
- 17.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
- 18.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 20.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 21.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 24.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 31.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
- 33.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) lots of tiny dots
- 34.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 35.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a sponge
- 37.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) palette (d) masking tape
- 39.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 40.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- diagonal lines
- grey lines for sketching
- the bottom of the page
- eyes
- can be seen all round
- near the viewer
- a traffic cone
- a playground slide
- form
- 7
- drying bristles up
- True
- False
- washing with mild soap
- True
- palette
- a sleeping person
- 8
- value
- bright, flat colour
- far away
- rinsing between colours
- value
- dark value
- far away
- False
- True
- watercolour
- hard, light marks
- wax crayons
- True
- the top of the scene
- lots of tiny dots
- good brush care
- True
- a small round brush
- 1
- sharpener
- many parallel lines
- False
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