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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) 2B (d) 2H
- 4.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 7.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 9.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 10.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) sphere (d) square
- 13.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 14.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag line (d) a dotted line
- 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 16.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 17.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 21.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a snail shell (c) a coiled rope (d) dashes on a road
- 22.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 23.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) use an eraser
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) easel (d) masking tape
- 25.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a marble (b) a dice (c) a matchbox (d) a traffic cone
- 26.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 30.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cube
- 35.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) younger (c) farther away (d) closer to you
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
Answer key
- False
- True
- 2B
- HB
- True
- diagonal
- True
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- holding a board upright
- False
- True
- square
- middle ground
- a wavy line
- diagonal lines
- 4
- True
- True
- wavy line
- a hue, like red or blue
- the teeth of a saw
- True
- press harder
- masking tape
- a dice
- cylinder
- leaving it in water
- value
- the bottom of the page
- wavy line
- cylinder
- False
- True
- cube
- farther away
- far away
- True
- False
- True
- a leaning ladder
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