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.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 2.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 3.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 5.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 8.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a jalebi (b) a coiled rope (c) a ruler’s edge (d) the teeth of a saw
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 13.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 16.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 17.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
- 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
- 19.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 20.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 21.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 23.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
- 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 25.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 26.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a jalebi (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 28.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 30.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
- 31.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part farthest away (d) far hills and the sky
- 33.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 35.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) do not smudge easily (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
- 37.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
Answer key
- diagonal
- shadow side
- False
- horizontal lines
- False
- True
- wax crayons
- a ruler’s edge
- the side away from light
- True
- True
- oval
- horizontal
- True
- a 2D shape
- True
- holding a board upright
- colour
- cuboid
- geometric shape
- bad for the brush
- 7
- looks paler and bluer
- sphere
- a 2D shape
- True
- a row of pointy peaks
- light value
- diagonal lines
- bristles up or flat
- 2
- the bottom of the page
- True
- hard, light marks
- True
- bright, flat colour
- 4
- wavy line
- background
- oil pastels
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