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 is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 2.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) triangle (c) star (d) cone
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 6.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) light first outlines
- 7.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 8.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) sphere (c) oval (d) square
- 14.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a person standing tall
- 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 24.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 26.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 28.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 29.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 32.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) palette (d) easel
- 34.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
- 35.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) where the lines cross
Answer key
- 4H
- cone
- spiral line
- 7
- a 2D shape
- light first outlines
- see-through colour
- False
- True
- diagonal
- soft, dark marks
- looks furry or scaly
- sphere
- a person standing tall
- gaps between things
- space
- True
- True
- True
- smooth, soft tones
- glue
- False
- bad for the brush
- 0
- curved lines
- False
- organic shape
- sphere
- True
- True
- True
- dark value
- palette
- do not smudge easily
- True
- soft, dark marks
- far away
- False
- False
- where the lines cross
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