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.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 3.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 5.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 9.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) sphere
- 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a sponge
- 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 14.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a cut-here line (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a lightning bolt
- 15.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
- 16.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) mixing colours
- 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a tall lamp post (c) a falling tree (d) a person standing tall
- 18.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 19.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a snail shell (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
- 20.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 23.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) its shadow on the table
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 26.💡 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
- 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) square
- 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 32.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 37.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 39.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a 3D form
- zigzag lines
- organic shape
- glue
- True
- horizontal lines
- a moving dot’s path
- soft, dark marks
- cuboid
- a small round brush
- the darker half of it
- soft, dark marks
- easel
- a wriggling snake
- a spiral
- giving a pencil a point
- a falling tree
- dotted or broken line
- a snail shell
- False
- background
- background
- the brightest spot
- horizontal lines
- highlight
- under the object
- vertical lines
- square
- its shadow on the table
- the part in between
- highlight
- False
- True
- True
- False
- geometric shape
- lines all one way
- palette
- reshaping the tip
- True
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