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 vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) a sleeping person
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 3.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
- 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
- 8.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
- 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 4B (d) 2B
- 13.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 14.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
- 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 23.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk 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) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
- 27.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) sphere (d) rectangle
- 33.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 36.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 37.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 38.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) bright, flat colour
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 40.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour
Answer key
- a person standing tall
- near the viewer
- True
- shape
- is partly hidden
- background
- line
- True
- False
- True
- drying bristles up
- H
- rinsing brushes
- looks smaller
- stippling
- a wide flat brush
- shows more detail
- 7
- True
- True
- dark value
- middle ground
- False
- False
- vertical
- glue
- True
- geometric shape
- far away
- easel
- horizontal lines
- sphere
- True
- cross-hatching
- thick, opaque paint
- spiral line
- horizontal
- blend with a fingertip
- the brightest spot
- bright, flat colour
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