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.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 2.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) masking tape
- 4.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 7.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
- 9.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 10.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) square (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 15.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
- 20.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 21.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
- 25.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 26.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a wide flat brush (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
- 28.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
- 29.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
- 31.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) round brush (d) sharpener
- 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part nearest you
- 34.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
- 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 37.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 40.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- zigzag line
- 2H
- sponge
- dark value
- soft, dark marks
- standing on its bristles
- False
- can be seen all round
- dark value
- looks paler and bluer
- square
- leaving it in water
- False
- background
- True
- False
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- hard, light marks
- a long, thin mark
- diagonal
- False
- False
- bristles up or flat
- a solid 3D object
- vertical
- False
- a small round brush
- a playground slide
- False
- line
- a cut-here line
- sharpener
- the part nearest you
- True
- soft, creamy sticks
- the area around objects
- straight line
- False
- the brightest spot
- False
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