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 darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a falling tree
- 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) space
- 11.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 12.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 13.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
- 15.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) a laser beam (d) the teeth of a saw
- 16.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
- 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 6B (d) B
- 18.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a form
- 19.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a leaning ladder
- 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 26.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) square (d) cube
- 28.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) light first outlines
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
- 30.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
- 31.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 33.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) glue
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 35.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 36.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) farther away
- 38.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) grey lines for sketching
- 40.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a coiled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a ruler’s edge
Answer key
- shadow side
- True
- False
- 7
- False
- highlight
- a sleeping person
- standing on its bristles
- texture
- space
- stippling
- a 3D form
- cast shadow
- letting paint dry on it
- a jalebi
- on the right side
- 2H
- a shape
- False
- cone
- False
- a leaning ladder
- value
- False
- vertical
- True
- sphere
- do not smudge easily
- value
- dots packed close
- organic shape
- scrubbing hard on paper
- water and mild soap
- rinsing between colours
- horizontal
- False
- farther away
- False
- grey lines for sketching
- a coiled rope
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