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 of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a coiled rope (c) a flag in the wind (d) a jalebi
- 2.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) oval
- 3.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
- 7.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) foreground (c) vanishing point (d) highlight
- 9.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) do not smudge easily
- 10.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 11.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 13.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 16.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 18.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 19.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a globe (b) a dice (c) a traffic cone (d) an ice-cream cone
- 21.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 25.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
- 27.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
- 30.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press harder
- 31.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 32.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 33.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 34.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) far hills and the sky
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks paler and bluer (d) is partly hidden
- 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a flag in the wind
- oval
- False
- space
- space
- colour
- True
- vanishing point
- grey lines for sketching
- organic shape
- dotted or broken line
- poster colour
- ocean waves
- 7
- geometric shape
- True
- blending
- diagonal
- True
- a dice
- good brush care
- False
- True
- soft, creamy sticks
- False
- what a rainbow shows
- a tall lamp post
- False
- bristles up or flat
- press harder
- light value
- 4
- hard, waxy sticks
- the part nearest you
- sits lower on the page
- True
- a standing tree trunk
- oil pastels
- palette
- False
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