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.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 3.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 5.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
- 8.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 9.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 10.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
- 11.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 12.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 14.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a falling tree (d) a sleeping person
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 16.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 18.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
- 21.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
- 23.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 25.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
- 28.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a leaning ladder (d) a standing tree trunk
- 30.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 33.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
- 35.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 36.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) sits near the horizon
- 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
- 38.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 40.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- leaving it in water
- dark value
- background
- straight line
- 7
- shape
- False
- vertical
- the part in between
- a 2D shape
- 6B
- frame
- a falling tree
- hard, light marks
- False
- near the viewer
- a spiral
- shows more detail
- a hue, like red or blue
- False
- overlaps other things
- lines crossing over
- glue
- diagonal
- easel
- space
- 2B
- the edge of a calm sea
- True
- on the left side
- spiral line
- vertical
- looks furry or scaly
- horizontal
- sits lower on the page
- a long, thin mark
- horizontal
- cube
- True
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