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.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 3.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) stitches on cloth (c) a laser beam (d) a lightning bolt
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
- 7.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 8.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a laser beam (c) a jalebi (d) a cut-here line
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) rectangle (c) oval (d) triangle
- 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 11.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 15.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
- 17.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) sponge (d) easel
- 19.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 21.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
- 24.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 25.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) near to far
- 26.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
- 27.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 28.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 29.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 33.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) space
- 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) cone
- 39.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 40.What do we use a water pot for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
Answer key
- False
- cylinder
- a lightning bolt
- straight line
- standing on its bristles
- frame
- organic shape
- a cut-here line
- sphere
- hatching
- wide, straight strokes
- watercolour
- 7
- vertical lines
- False
- has height, width, depth
- 12
- palette
- a 3D form
- cuboid
- stippling
- background
- the part farthest away
- H
- white to black
- thick, opaque paint
- zigzag line
- light value
- True
- shadow side
- a flat 2D area
- rinsing between colours
- True
- True
- blending
- value
- horizontal lines
- cone
- False
- rinsing brushes
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