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.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 3.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a table top
- 5.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 6.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) wide, straight strokes
- 7.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) thick, opaque paint
- 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 9.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 10.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a drinking straw (b) a marble (c) a globe (d) a sugar cube
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 14.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) dashes on a road (c) a cut-here line (d) a flag in the wind
- 15.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 16.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
- 19.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 20.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 24.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 25.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) H (d) B
- 26.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) vanishing point (c) border (d) highlight
- 27.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) colour
- 32.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 4B (c) HB (d) 6B
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 38.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 39.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
Answer key
- cube
- sponge
- bristles up or flat
- a table top
- horizontal
- wide, straight strokes
- soft, creamy sticks
- horizontal lines
- near the viewer
- True
- True
- a drinking straw
- poster colour
- a flag in the wind
- True
- 2B
- how light or dark it is
- washing with mild soap
- horizontal
- a sleeping person
- 7
- scrubbing hard on paper
- shape
- light value
- HB
- vanishing point
- True
- False
- geometric shape
- texture
- space
- False
- H
- line
- watercolour
- True
- bad for the brush
- False
- stippling
- washing with mild soap
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