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 of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) form
- 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 6.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 7.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 8.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 9.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 10.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) sharpener
- 12.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 14.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
- 21.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 23.True or false: we use a sponge for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 26.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a party hat (b) a globe (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a shoe box
- 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) stitches on cloth (c) a jalebi (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 28.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
- 30.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
- 34.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 37.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) the teeth of a saw
- 38.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 39.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) in the sky (c) under the object (d) above the object
- 40.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- criss-cross lines
- form
- texture
- zigzag line
- do not smudge easily
- light value
- good brush care
- horizontal
- vertical
- False
- palette
- False
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- soft, creamy sticks
- blending
- wax crayons
- glue
- shadow side
- sits near the horizon
- can be seen all round
- False
- sharpener
- False
- near the viewer
- soft, dark marks
- a globe
- stitches on cloth
- False
- looks smaller
- False
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- looks bigger
- a sense of near and far
- True
- False
- far away
- a ruler’s edge
- False
- under the object
- False
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