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 part nearest you (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 2.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
- 5.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
- 7.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 8.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) under the object
- 9.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 11.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
- 14.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) water pot (b) round brush (c) easel (d) palette
- 16.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a sleeping person
- 17.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 20.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 21.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 22.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 24.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a laser beam (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 30.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 32.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 35.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
- 37.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- the part in between
- dotted or broken line
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- shape
- 6
- a sense of near and far
- shows less detail
- under the object
- True
- good brush care
- False
- cuboid
- a spiral
- is partly hidden
- round brush
- a tall lamp post
- 4
- True
- good brush care
- diagonal
- a 2D shape
- True
- hard, waxy sticks
- False
- wavy line
- curved lines
- a cut-here line
- rinsing between colours
- background
- False
- sphere
- overlaps other things
- soft, dark marks
- foreground
- False
- looks bigger
- 12
- value
- near the viewer
- True
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