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 the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 4.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 5.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) horizon (d) focal point
- 6.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 7.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 9.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
- 12.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a coiled rope (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 16.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 17.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a candle (c) a marble (d) a brick
- 20.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 22.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 24.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
- 26.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
- 27.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a playground slide
- 30.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
- 31.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) B (d) 4H
- 32.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
- 36.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 39.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 40.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a dice (d) a traffic cone
Answer key
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- what a rainbow shows
- the part farthest away
- geometric shape
- focal point
- dark value
- cone
- a leaning ladder
- a cut-here line
- horizontal lines
- frame
- a coiled rope
- 7
- True
- shows less detail
- a snail shell
- False
- False
- a brick
- False
- line
- True
- dotted or broken line
- False
- a tall lamp post
- looks bigger
- vertical
- hard, light marks
- a standing tree trunk
- fine lines and details
- HB
- sits lower on the page
- hatching
- has height, width, depth
- sits lower on the page
- False
- watercolour
- cast shadow
- highlight
- a dice
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