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 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 2.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
- 4.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 5.True or false: we use a water pot for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
- 9.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
- 10.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 11.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 13.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) round brush
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 19.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
- 20.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 21.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
- 22.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) square (d) sphere
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) texture
- 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
- 26.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part farthest away
- 28.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 30.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 31.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) sphere (b) circle (c) star (d) rectangle
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) cube (d) pyramid
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) triangle (c) star (d) pyramid
- 38.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 39.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- sphere
- True
- only length and width
- zigzag line
- False
- vertical
- far away
- a small round brush
- mixing colours
- spiral line
- True
- 7
- dotted or broken line
- scrubbing hard on paper
- True
- dark value
- easel
- washing with mild soap
- cube
- 4
- smooth, soft tones
- sphere
- space
- reshaping the tip
- line
- False
- things that look biggest
- a 3D form
- background
- stippling
- False
- light value
- cross-hatching
- False
- sphere
- oval
- pyramid
- a 3D form
- False
- True
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