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: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 3.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
- 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) easel
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) masking tape
- 11.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
- 14.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) farther away (c) younger (d) taller
- 15.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) circle
- 16.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 19.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 22.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a playground slide
- 23.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a flag in the wind (c) stitches on cloth (d) a jalebi
- 24.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 25.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 27.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 28.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 29.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
- 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) overlaps other things (c) is partly hidden (d) looks paler and bluer
- 32.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
- 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 34.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) ocean waves (c) a wriggling snake (d) a snail shell
- 35.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
- 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
- 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 38.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a snail shell (c) a jalebi (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 39.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
Answer key
- True
- easel
- True
- False
- where light hits most
- cast shadow
- masking tape
- 7
- False
- water pot
- 6
- standing on its bristles
- washing with mild soap
- farther away
- cube
- False
- False
- vertical lines
- False
- light value
- background
- a tall lamp post
- stitches on cloth
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- cube
- stippling
- leaving it in water
- diagonal
- 2B
- overlaps other things
- a spiral
- cross-hatching
- a snail shell
- value
- only length and width
- the darker half of it
- a row of pointy peaks
- True
- rinsing between colours
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