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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 2.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 3.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 5.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) elbows (d) eyes
- 7.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) pyramid (d) cone
- 9.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 10.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the top of the scene
- 11.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 14.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
- 21.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
- 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
- 23.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 24.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
- 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 26.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 27.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) form
- 32.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 35.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) square (c) triangle (d) pyramid
Answer key
- frame
- 9
- 4
- its shadow on the table
- True
- eyes
- bad for the brush
- triangle
- True
- the top of the scene
- True
- False
- cross-hatching
- False
- 6
- a leaning ladder
- value
- the brightest spot
- texture
- texture
- light first outlines
- how light or dark it is
- organic shape
- a wavy line
- far away
- 7
- 4H
- spiral line
- vertical
- True
- form
- True
- hatching
- poster colour
- True
- False
- False
- False
- True
- pyramid
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