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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
- 4.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) see-through colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) bright, flat colour
- 6.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) square (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 7.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a traffic cone (b) a brick (c) a matchbox (d) a football
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 11.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks bigger
- 12.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) a jalebi
- 15.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 16.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 19.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) far hills and the sky (c) the top of the scene (d) things that look biggest
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) round brush (d) water pot
- 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) pyramid
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 26.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) square (d) sphere
- 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
- 28.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 29.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) dots packed close (c) lines crossing over (d) criss-cross lines
- 30.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) inside the object
- 31.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 34.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 38.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
- 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- medium marks
- letting paint dry on it
- looks bigger
- True
- soft, creamy sticks
- pyramid
- a leaning ladder
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a traffic cone
- form
- looks paler and bluer
- dark value
- washing with mild soap
- a jalebi
- light value
- False
- washing with mild soap
- from white to black
- dabbing soft textures
- easel
- things that look biggest
- easel
- a hue, like red or blue
- circle
- colour
- sphere
- glue
- foreground
- dots packed close
- on the right side
- 9
- 7
- leaving it in water
- False
- True
- False
- 12
- False
- lines all one way
- False
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