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 lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 2.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) star (c) square (d) oval
- 6.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 9.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 10.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 11.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) sits lower on the page
- 14.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 15.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) border (c) focal point (d) horizon
- 16.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
- 18.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) sponge (d) easel
- 20.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 21.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
- 23.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a globe (b) a marble (c) a dice (d) a traffic cone
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 30.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a snail shell (c) stitches on cloth (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 34.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 35.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
- 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 38.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
Answer key
- horizontal lines
- False
- hard, light marks
- poster colour
- sphere
- False
- True
- blending
- a jalebi
- 9
- True
- False
- sits lower on the page
- 6
- focal point
- light value
- glue
- a 2D shape
- water pot
- good brush care
- 2
- shows more detail
- light value
- cube
- only length and width
- True
- a dice
- frame
- hard, light marks
- False
- False
- a tightly pulled rope
- the side away from light
- organic shape
- giving a pencil a point
- a flat 2D area
- oil pastels
- False
- bad for the brush
- background
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