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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 4.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) focal point (d) horizon
- 5.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 9.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
- 10.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 11.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 14.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 17.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 18.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 21.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 23.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 26.What do we use an easel for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
- 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
- 28.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) value
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 31.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) border (d) highlight
- 32.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 33.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 34.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) space
- 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 37.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
- 40.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
Answer key
- True
- False
- poster colour
- focal point
- True
- watercolour
- True
- a 3D form
- bristles up or flat
- on the left side
- False
- soft, dark marks
- soft, dark marks
- hard, waxy sticks
- dotted or broken line
- near the viewer
- a row of pointy peaks
- horizontal
- 7
- 9
- False
- washing with mild soap
- False
- False
- False
- holding a board upright
- overlaps other things
- a wavy line
- space
- medium marks
- vanishing point
- cube
- a 3D form
- False
- value
- far away
- False
- False
- criss-cross lines
- 0
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids