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: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
- 3.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 4.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 5.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 9.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 10.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
- 12.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) triangle (c) square (d) cuboid
- 15.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 16.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 18.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 20.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a person standing tall
- 21.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.What do we use a water pot for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
- 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) oval
- 28.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
- 30.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) the top of the scene
- 33.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a coiled rope (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a lightning bolt
- 34.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) sphere (c) oval (d) cube
- 36.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 37.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- a standing tree trunk
- wavy line
- 4B
- False
- 7
- hatching
- texture
- False
- on the right side
- easel
- bad for the brush
- has height, width, depth
- cuboid
- 4H
- organic shape
- line
- False
- washing with mild soap
- the edge of a calm sea
- cube
- False
- rinsing brushes
- value
- texture
- line
- oval
- True
- looks furry or scaly
- mixing colours
- False
- things that look biggest
- a ruler’s edge
- False
- oval
- blending
- False
- False
- True
- False
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