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 is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) triangle (c) rectangle (d) cylinder
- 2.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) younger (c) taller (d) farther away
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 5.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) easel
- 7.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a ruler’s edge (c) ocean waves (d) a jalebi
- 8.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
- 10.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 11.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 13.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you
- 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 17.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a brick (b) a sugar cube (c) a globe (d) a dice
- 18.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cube (c) star (d) oval
- 20.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 21.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 23.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows less detail (d) looks smaller
- 25.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 26.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 27.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a laser beam (b) a jalebi (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) rectangle
- 29.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 30.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 31.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
- 32.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 34.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
- 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 36.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 37.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 38.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) above the object (c) under the object (d) in the sky
- 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
Answer key
- cylinder
- farther away
- 7
- lots of tiny dots
- 9
- easel
- ocean waves
- the side facing the lamp
- a solid 3D object
- dark value
- True
- organic shape
- True
- the part in between
- diagonal lines
- watercolour
- a globe
- True
- cube
- vertical
- False
- soft, dark marks
- cross-hatching
- looks bigger
- good brush care
- far away
- a laser beam
- rectangle
- organic shape
- diagonal
- criss-cross lines
- vertical
- diagonal lines
- dabbing soft textures
- False
- the part nearest you
- dotted or broken line
- under the object
- can be seen all round
- spiral line
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