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 is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a shoe box (b) a dice (c) a water pipe (d) a party hat
- 4.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a flag in the wind
- 6.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) things that look biggest (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part in between
- 9.✏️ 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
- 10.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a lightning bolt (c) a laser beam (d) a coiled rope
- 11.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) palette
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) pyramid (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 16.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) near to far
- 17.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 20.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 21.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 22.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) in the water pot (d) with paint on it
- 23.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
- 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 26.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
- 28.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) B (d) 2H
- 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
- 40.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 2B (d) 4B
Answer key
- scrubbing hard on paper
- oil pastels
- a shoe box
- False
- a row of pointy peaks
- True
- lots of tiny dots
- the part in between
- a wavy line
- a lightning bolt
- True
- True
- palette
- star
- triangle
- white to black
- holding a board upright
- False
- 1
- overlaps other things
- reshaping the tip
- bristles up or flat
- holding paper flat
- value
- diagonal lines
- True
- texture
- False
- 2H
- background
- diagonal lines
- a hue, like red or blue
- False
- False
- soft, dark marks
- shows less detail
- True
- hatching
- the area around objects
- HB
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