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: we use an easel for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
- 5.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) triangle (c) rectangle (d) sphere
- 7.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
- 8.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) rectangle (d) cuboid
- 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) its shadow on the table
- 12.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits near the horizon
- 13.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 15.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) circle (b) cube (c) sphere (d) pyramid
- 18.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) see-through colour
- 19.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
- 21.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 22.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
- 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) round brush
- 29.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a wriggling snake (c) a laser beam (d) a snail shell
- 30.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
- 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 32.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 33.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) sits lower on the page
- 34.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 35.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) background (d) horizon
- 36.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
- 38.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 40.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
Answer key
- False
- reshaping the tip
- 7
- the part in between
- shows more detail
- sphere
- holding a board upright
- True
- rinsing between colours
- rectangle
- its shadow on the table
- overlaps other things
- spiral line
- background
- False
- False
- circle
- see-through colour
- True
- sits lower on the page
- True
- hatching
- soft, dark marks
- horizontal lines
- sits lower on the page
- shape
- foreground
- round brush
- a wriggling snake
- form
- wax crayons
- good brush care
- looks smaller
- organic shape
- focal point
- True
- glue
- True
- False
- cross-hatching
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