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: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 3.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
- 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) B
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 7.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
- 8.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 9.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
- 11.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) rectangle (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 13.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 14.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
- 15.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 16.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) flat brush
- 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
- 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 27.True or false: ocean waves looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 30.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a zigzag (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
- 32.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 34.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a jalebi (c) a ruler’s edge (d) stitches on cloth
- 35.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) square
- 36.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cylinder (c) rectangle (d) cube
- 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
Answer key
- False
- watercolour
- False
- from white to black
- HB
- horizontal lines
- looks paler and bluer
- 4
- False
- looks bigger
- a 2D shape
- rectangle
- organic shape
- grey lines for sketching
- mixing colours
- stippling
- False
- horizontal
- a sleeping person
- False
- poster colour
- space
- sharpener
- far away
- easel
- smooth, soft tones
- False
- False
- dotted or broken line
- True
- a spiral
- lines crossing over
- far away
- a ruler’s edge
- sphere
- rectangle
- False
- hard, light marks
- True
- colour
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