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.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 3.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
- 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a cut-here line (c) a coiled rope (d) ocean waves
- 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 7.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) dashes on a road
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
- 10.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 11.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) background (c) border (d) horizon
- 12.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
- 16.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
- 19.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
- 22.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 23.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 26.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 28.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) circle (d) sphere
- 29.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
- 34.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 35.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the horizon line (c) on the frame (d) at the bottom edge
- 36.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
- 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- water pot
- False
- shape
- ocean waves
- 7
- dashes on a road
- cast shadow
- colour
- vertical
- focal point
- False
- True
- horizontal
- glue
- False
- False
- a leaning ladder
- True
- True
- see-through colour
- 9
- True
- True
- pencil
- False
- washing with mild soap
- cube
- True
- False
- zigzag lines
- True
- the top of the scene
- bristles up or flat
- on the horizon line
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- how a surface feels
- cuboid
- True
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