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 brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
- 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
- 3.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 6.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
- 8.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) a cut-here line (c) a laser beam (d) a flag in the wind
- 10.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) do not smudge easily (d) blend with a fingertip
- 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 12.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) value
- 14.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) cube
- 15.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 17.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a falling tree
- 18.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 21.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
- 24.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
- 25.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
- 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 28.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 30.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 32.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 34.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, light washes
- 36.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 37.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 38.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 39.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- a wide flat brush
- a falling tree
- False
- form
- HB
- False
- overlaps other things
- True
- a cut-here line
- thick, opaque paint
- soft, dark marks
- dark value
- space
- cylinder
- cross-hatching
- pencil
- a tall lamp post
- True
- False
- False
- 2B
- texture
- texture
- a standing tree trunk
- the brightest spot
- True
- diagonal
- diagonal
- a jalebi
- True
- bad for the brush
- near the viewer
- frame
- False
- bright, flat colour
- vertical
- spiral line
- rinsing between colours
- False
- far away
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