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 lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 2.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) triangle
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 6.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 7.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) rectangle (d) cube
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) shape
- 10.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
- 12.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 13.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) dashes on a road (d) a ruler’s edge
- 16.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a ruler’s edge (c) ocean waves (d) a cut-here line
- 18.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 21.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a leaning ladder (d) a sleeping person
- 24.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 26.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) high (d) heavy
- 27.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 30.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
- 33.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) pyramid (c) circle (d) rectangle
- 34.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 35.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 36.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 38.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 39.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
- 40.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- horizontal lines
- True
- organic shape
- triangle
- rinsing between colours
- lines all one way
- rectangle
- overlaps other things
- line
- fine lines and details
- is partly hidden
- 4
- False
- False
- dashes on a road
- True
- a cut-here line
- watercolour
- highlight
- diagonal lines
- True
- False
- a tall lamp post
- False
- cuboid
- hard
- False
- easel
- standing on its bristles
- horizontal
- texture
- frame
- pyramid
- 2H
- 8
- True
- reshaping the tip
- background
- do not smudge easily
- False
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