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 clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
- 5.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) blend with a fingertip (d) do not smudge easily
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) drying bristles up
- 8.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 10.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) black (b) brown (c) blue (d) big
- 11.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 12.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
- 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
- 16.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
- 19.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) elbows (d) eyes
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a drinking straw (c) a shoe box (d) a water pipe
- 21.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 22.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) H (d) 6B
- 23.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) texture
- 26.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
- 28.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) off the page
- 31.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 35.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) hot oil
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
- 40.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- overlaps other things
- easel
- circle
- frame
- False
- do not smudge easily
- drying bristles up
- True
- shadow side
- black
- washing with mild soap
- a table top
- False
- True
- looks bigger
- False
- True
- gaps between things
- eyes
- a shoe box
- dark value
- H
- good brush care
- masking tape
- space
- True
- a 3D form
- False
- 4
- where the lines cross
- good brush care
- value
- a moving dot’s path
- straight line
- False
- True
- True
- water and mild soap
- form
- True
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