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.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 2.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
- 5.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
- 6.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 7.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) masking tape
- 9.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 10.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a flag in the wind (c) a jalebi (d) a laser beam
- 12.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
- 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
- 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 19.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the bottom of the page
- 22.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 23.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 24.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a globe (b) a sugar cube (c) a traffic cone (d) a shoe box
- 25.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
- 27.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
- 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cuboid (c) rectangle (d) oval
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) easel (d) sponge
- 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 33.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 34.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) younger (c) taller (d) closer to you
- 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
- 37.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 38.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 39.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
Answer key
- horizontal
- False
- a standing tree trunk
- from white to black
- the teeth of a saw
- False
- cast shadow
- masking tape
- leaving it in water
- True
- a flag in the wind
- True
- looks bigger
- shape
- how light or dark it is
- 7
- oil pastels
- spiral line
- 4B
- vertical lines
- the part in between
- 6B
- dark value
- a sugar cube
- False
- a closed flat outline
- the part nearest you
- False
- cuboid
- soft, dark marks
- easel
- background
- 4
- False
- farther away
- a long, thin mark
- a 2D shape
- a 2D shape
- True
- water and mild soap
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