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 pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
- 2.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 3.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
- 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 5.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a jalebi (c) a wriggling snake (d) a snail shell
- 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) add water (c) press harder (d) use an eraser
- 8.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 11.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 14.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 16.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 18.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 20.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) masking tape
- 24.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) elbows (c) feet (d) eyes
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks paler and bluer
- 27.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
- 29.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 30.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) mixed with lots of water (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 31.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 34.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) pyramid (c) cube (d) square
- 35.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 36.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 37.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 38.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
Answer key
- 2B
- dark value
- a table top
- background
- True
- the teeth of a saw
- press harder
- False
- is partly hidden
- soft, dark marks
- False
- diagonal
- pencil
- False
- curved lines
- False
- oval
- False
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- False
- False
- masking tape
- False
- eyes
- sits lower on the page
- light value
- a solid 3D object
- 7
- thick, opaque paint
- True
- cube
- wavy line
- square
- on the left side
- hard, waxy sticks
- sits near the horizon
- a 3D form
- False
- glue
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