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 element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
- 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
- 4.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
- 8.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 9.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) round brush (d) sponge
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 13.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 14.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
- 16.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) white to black
- 17.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 19.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 20.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
- 22.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
- 24.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 25.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) oval
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
- 28.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 29.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 32.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) eyes (c) knees (d) elbows
- 33.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
- 35.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, light washes (d) thick, opaque paint
- 36.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) star
- 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- texture
- washing with mild soap
- glue
- True
- a 3D form
- the dark shape it throws
- easel
- spiral line
- a 3D form
- curved lines
- sponge
- background
- cross-hatching
- True
- the brightest spot
- white to black
- dots packed close
- cast shadow
- horizontal
- good brush care
- texture
- hatching
- a closed flat outline
- 6
- dark value
- sphere
- sits lower on the page
- a 2D shape
- False
- True
- 4
- eyes
- good brush care
- texture
- soft, creamy sticks
- False
- star
- False
- False
- True
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