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 grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) H (c) 6B (d) HB
- 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) oval (d) sphere
- 5.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) highlight
- 6.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) colour
- 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 10.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 11.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 13.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part nearest you (d) the top of the scene
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the dark shape it throws
- 17.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 19.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 21.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) triangle (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 22.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) a laser beam
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) star (d) pyramid
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) easel
- 25.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
- 26.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 27.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
- 30.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 32.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
- 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
- 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 37.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 38.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
Answer key
- HB
- lots of tiny dots
- far away
- sphere
- vanishing point
- True
- a 2D shape
- colour
- the edge of a calm sea
- False
- watercolour
- pencil
- True
- the top of the scene
- sharpener
- the brightest spot
- True
- dotted or broken line
- True
- diagonal
- cylinder
- a laser beam
- star
- easel
- a 3D form
- hard, waxy sticks
- 2H
- is partly hidden
- shows less detail
- giving a pencil a point
- foreground
- False
- bristles up or flat
- False
- value
- cast shadow
- middle ground
- 12
- background
- a solid 3D object
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