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 jalebi looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
- 4.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) farther away (c) taller (d) younger
- 5.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 7.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) border (c) background (d) horizon
- 8.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a jalebi (b) dashes on a road (c) ocean waves (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
- 12.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
- 13.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 14.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) highlight (c) border (d) foreground
- 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 19.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 20.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 22.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
- 23.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 26.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 27.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) grey lines for sketching
- 28.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 30.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 34.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 36.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) smudging with a finger
- 38.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
Answer key
- False
- 7
- glue
- farther away
- 12
- blending
- focal point
- a row of pointy peaks
- hard, light marks
- looks furry or scaly
- space
- looks bigger
- sphere
- False
- vanishing point
- True
- ocean waves
- shadow side
- geometric shape
- False
- poster colour
- holding paper flat
- False
- False
- shows less detail
- 6
- do not smudge easily
- thick, opaque paint
- horizontal lines
- True
- space
- wavy line
- diagonal lines
- light value
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- lines crossing over
- light value
- True
- how light or dark it is
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