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.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cube
- 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) square (d) cylinder
- 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 6.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
- 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
- 11.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) background (c) border (d) focal point
- 12.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) ocean waves (c) dashes on a road (d) a jalebi
- 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
- 16.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 20.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 22.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) B (c) HB (d) 2H
- 23.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 26.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 28.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a traffic cone (c) a football (d) a brick
- 31.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 32.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 35.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a marble (b) a drinking straw (c) a dice (d) a shoe box
- 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
- 39.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 40.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
Answer key
- True
- cuboid
- square
- False
- near the viewer
- True
- False
- is partly hidden
- only length and width
- letting paint dry on it
- focal point
- ocean waves
- False
- False
- space
- True
- True
- oil pastels
- reshaping the tip
- False
- diagonal
- B
- 1
- rinsing between colours
- form
- True
- a long, thin mark
- True
- True
- a brick
- 7
- True
- False
- its shadow on the table
- soft, creamy sticks
- a shoe box
- medium marks
- a sense of near and far
- value
- light value
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