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 is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 3.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 4.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) star
- 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 9.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 10.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) taller (c) closer to you (d) younger
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) star (d) sphere
- 13.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a jalebi (c) ocean waves (d) a laser beam
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 15.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 16.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 17.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) triangle (c) star (d) circle
- 19.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) cube (c) circle (d) star
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 22.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 23.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
- 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
- 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 27.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
- 31.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 32.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) add water (c) use an eraser (d) press harder
- 34.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) texture
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
- 37.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 38.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 40.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) high (c) hard (d) heavy
Answer key
- circle
- soft, dark marks
- cube
- True
- False
- star
- True
- 2B
- spiral line
- farther away
- leaving it in water
- sphere
- a laser beam
- watercolour
- bristles up or flat
- near the viewer
- False
- cube
- giving a pencil a point
- cube
- hard, light marks
- a 3D form
- False
- the top of the scene
- easel
- poster colour
- False
- shadow side
- True
- space
- vertical
- True
- press harder
- True
- value
- value
- 8
- True
- horizontal
- hard
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