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 pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
- 2.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) overlaps other things
- 4.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a sugar cube (b) a shoe box (c) a brick (d) a candle
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
- 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a lightning bolt (d) stitches on cloth
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) easel (d) flat brush
- 17.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
- 18.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 20.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) colour
- 23.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag
- 24.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) on the horizon line
- 25.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) star (c) circle (d) cylinder
- 26.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 28.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 31.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) sphere
- 33.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 34.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 35.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 37.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
Answer key
- 2B
- 6
- overlaps other things
- a candle
- cone
- False
- False
- False
- cuboid
- True
- False
- False
- stitches on cloth
- 7
- 0
- palette
- blending
- a small round brush
- rinsing between colours
- False
- pencil
- space
- a spiral
- on the horizon line
- cylinder
- False
- near the viewer
- 8
- glue
- medium marks
- True
- sphere
- light value
- 4
- False
- organic shape
- 12
- False
- near the viewer
- cast shadow
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