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 a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) mixed with lots of water (d) light first outlines
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
- 5.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 8.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a sponge
- 11.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 12.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
- 14.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a straight line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
- 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 17.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
- 18.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) sharpener
- 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 22.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 23.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
- 26.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
- 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
- 29.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) soft, light washes (d) do not smudge easily
- 30.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) water pot
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 35.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 37.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
- 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 40.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- blend with a fingertip
- False
- False
- a table top
- a 3D form
- texture
- oil pastels
- True
- False
- a small round brush
- looks bigger
- False
- form
- a wavy line
- False
- texture
- water and mild soap
- dabbing soft textures
- sponge
- False
- pencil
- lots of tiny dots
- 4
- soft, dark marks
- value
- False
- line
- how a surface feels
- thick, opaque paint
- True
- lines crossing over
- water pot
- zigzag lines
- cuboid
- good brush care
- horizontal
- organic shape
- easel
- watercolour
- True
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