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 of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lots of tiny dots (d) dots packed close
- 2.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a party hat (b) a globe (c) a traffic cone (d) a drinking straw
- 3.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 7.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a matchbox (d) a water pipe
- 8.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side away from it (c) the side facing the lamp
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 10.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 12.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
- 19.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cone (d) square
- 22.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 24.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) ocean waves (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a jalebi
- 25.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 27.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 29.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 30.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 34.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 37.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a paint splash is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) triangle (c) oval (d) square
- 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2B (c) 4H (d) 6B
Answer key
- lines crossing over
- a drinking straw
- foreground
- cross-hatching
- hard, light marks
- shadow side
- a matchbox
- the side facing the lamp
- rinsing between colours
- 4
- horizontal lines
- False
- looks furry or scaly
- True
- False
- True
- False
- a playground slide
- True
- sphere
- square
- False
- a 2D shape
- a jalebi
- False
- spiral line
- False
- letting paint dry on it
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- cuboid
- True
- a 2D shape
- horizontal
- curved lines
- 9
- True
- True
- cube
- 4H
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