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 pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 2.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 4.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a dice (b) a candle (c) a matchbox (d) a party hat
- 5.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cone (d) circle
- 6.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) rectangle (c) square (d) circle
- 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 9.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 10.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
- 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 13.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 15.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) H (d) HB
- 16.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 4H
- 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
- 19.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 21.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) background (c) border (d) horizon
- 24.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
- 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 27.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) water pot
- 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
- 31.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 33.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) things that look biggest (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 35.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 37.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 38.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
- 40.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 4H
- diagonal
- wavy line
- a party hat
- cube
- cuboid
- the brightest spot
- curved lines
- False
- the dark shape it throws
- on the right side
- sharpener
- True
- background
- H
- 2
- 4H
- the darker half of it
- False
- a 2D shape
- False
- True
- focal point
- True
- colour
- a flag in the wind
- True
- flat brush
- stippling
- see-through colour
- good brush care
- middle ground
- True
- the part in between
- False
- horizontal lines
- 6
- background
- looks furry or scaly
- True
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