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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) looks paler and bluer
- 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 5.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 6.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 7.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) H
- 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 9.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.What do we use a round brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
- 11.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
- 12.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) star
- 14.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 15.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 16.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) oval (c) star (d) sphere
- 18.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) hot (c) hard (d) heavy
- 19.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
- 24.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 25.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
- 26.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) easel (d) round brush
- 28.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
- 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) value
- 32.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
- 35.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a football (d) a brick
- 36.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 39.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) grey lines for sketching
- 40.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) a sugar cube (c) a football (d) a water pipe
Answer key
- True
- sits lower on the page
- texture
- soft, dark marks
- dark value
- the side facing the lamp
- HB
- horizontal lines
- False
- fine lines and details
- a sleeping person
- True
- star
- a 2D shape
- lines crossing over
- False
- sphere
- hard
- True
- a falling tree
- soft, dark marks
- 7
- a 3D form
- 2B
- things that look biggest
- False
- round brush
- a wide flat brush
- a long, thin mark
- texture
- line
- horizontal
- False
- can be seen all round
- a sugar cube
- False
- True
- wavy line
- mixed with lots of water
- a football
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids