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.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
- 4.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a table top
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 7.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
- 9.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) 2B (d) 6B
- 10.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 13.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 16.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
- 19.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 21.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 22.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 24.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a lightning bolt (c) a coiled rope (d) the teeth of a saw
- 26.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 29.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) rectangle (c) square (d) star
- 35.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 37.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 38.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- spiral line
- zigzag lines
- reshaping the tip
- a playground slide
- soft, dark marks
- far away
- 1
- a leaning ladder
- 2H
- False
- False
- 12
- True
- 7
- geometric shape
- True
- 6B
- a sense of near and far
- False
- vertical
- on the left side
- False
- easel
- True
- a coiled rope
- False
- a long, thin mark
- dotted or broken line
- 9
- soft, dark marks
- rinsing between colours
- what a rainbow shows
- poster colour
- cone
- True
- leaving it in water
- diagonal
- geometric shape
- True
- False
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