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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
- 4.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
- 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
- 8.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
- 11.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a jalebi (d) a ruler’s edge
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 16.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
- 20.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 21.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a coiled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a snail shell
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) smooth, soft tones
- 27.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 28.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
- 29.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 37.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) water pot
Answer key
- highlight
- 7
- sits near the horizon
- True
- from white to black
- letting paint dry on it
- a table top
- vertical
- value
- space
- False
- False
- False
- a jalebi
- watercolour
- False
- True
- spiral line
- a ruler’s edge
- bad for the brush
- False
- False
- ocean waves
- near the viewer
- False
- smooth, soft tones
- False
- wide, straight strokes
- False
- letting paint dry on it
- straight line
- shape
- wax crayons
- True
- False
- 9
- 2H
- texture
- the part farthest away
- masking tape
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