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 line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
- 2.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 3.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) focal point (c) horizon (d) border
- 4.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
- 8.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 12.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) H
- 16.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a matchbox (c) a shoe box (d) a football
- 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 23.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) in a corner (c) where the lines cross (d) off the page
- 24.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 27.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 28.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) triangle (c) oval (d) cube
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 32.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 34.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) easel
- 36.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 37.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) dashes on a road (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 38.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 40.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- a spiral
- good brush care
- focal point
- False
- 7
- stippling
- frame
- lines all one way
- sponge
- medium marks
- rinsing between colours
- False
- zigzag line
- True
- HB
- a cut-here line
- triangle
- easel
- is partly hidden
- an ice-cream cone
- True
- a hue, like red or blue
- where the lines cross
- organic shape
- False
- hard, waxy sticks
- 4
- True
- good brush care
- cube
- poster colour
- False
- smooth, soft tones
- True
- palette
- vertical
- a tightly pulled rope
- dark value
- foreground
- a 3D form
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