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.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) oval (d) pyramid
- 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
- 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 5.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 7.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 8.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 9.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 10.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 13.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a matchbox (b) a party hat (c) a football (d) a sugar cube
- 14.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) easel (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) flat brush
- 18.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) younger (c) farther away (d) taller
- 24.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) shape
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a shoe box (c) a dice (d) a water pipe
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 29.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 33.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 36.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the side away from it (c) the bottom
- 37.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) eyes (c) feet (d) elbows
- 38.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 39.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
Answer key
- the part in between
- pyramid
- texture
- is partly hidden
- False
- watercolour
- zigzag line
- 9
- soft, creamy sticks
- overlaps other things
- texture
- line
- a matchbox
- True
- True
- colour
- masking tape
- False
- the area around objects
- zigzag lines
- 7
- True
- farther away
- a 2D shape
- False
- value
- a traffic cone
- rinsing between colours
- True
- False
- True
- dots packed close
- False
- is partly hidden
- middle ground
- the side facing the lamp
- eyes
- good brush care
- looks smaller
- shape
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