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 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 2.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
- 5.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 7.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
- 14.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 15.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 17.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) the side away from light
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) palette (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 20.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 21.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 22.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press lighter (c) press harder (d) add water
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) pyramid
- 25.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a globe (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
- 28.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
- 30.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 31.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cone (b) circle (c) oval (d) star
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 33.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 37.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) form
- 39.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 40.What do we use a round brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
Answer key
- cuboid
- a person standing tall
- highlight
- value
- dabbing soft textures
- space
- False
- drying bristles up
- soft, dark marks
- poster colour
- 7
- frame
- texture
- zigzag line
- True
- vertical
- False
- the brightest spot
- palette
- 4B
- 4
- press harder
- shows less detail
- oval
- on the right side
- can be seen all round
- a globe
- False
- glue
- light value
- cone
- zigzag lines
- False
- False
- True
- cast shadow
- False
- line
- False
- fine lines and details
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