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 of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a falling tree (d) a sleeping person
- 2.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 4.True or false: we use a flat brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
- 7.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
- 8.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) HB (d) H
- 9.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
- 10.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
- 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
- 14.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 17.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 18.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 20.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 21.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 23.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
- 24.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a standing tree trunk
- 26.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) circle
- 28.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 29.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
- 30.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 31.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 32.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 33.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a jalebi (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a lightning bolt
- 34.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a brick (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
- 36.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) ocean waves (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) stitches on cloth
- 40.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
Answer key
- a sleeping person
- cast shadow
- zigzag lines
- False
- False
- lines crossing over
- a 3D form
- HB
- see-through colour
- wavy line
- a row of pointy peaks
- shape
- things that look biggest
- 12
- zigzag line
- hard, light marks
- horizontal
- True
- dotted or broken line
- hard, waxy sticks
- False
- leaving it in water
- wide, straight strokes
- True
- a standing tree trunk
- False
- cube
- diagonal
- a wide flat brush
- zigzag line
- light value
- good brush care
- dashes on a road
- True
- a marble
- False
- False
- 7
- ocean waves
- a spiral
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