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 is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) square (d) oval
- 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 4.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 5.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 6.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 7.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 11.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) ocean waves (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a wriggling snake
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 13.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
- 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
- 16.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 21.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
- 22.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
- 24.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 26.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding paper flat
- 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
- 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 33.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 34.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a dice (d) a globe
- 35.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a traffic cone (c) a sugar cube (d) a football
- 37.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cube
- 39.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
Answer key
- pyramid
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- wax crayons
- stippling
- cross-hatching
- spiral line
- True
- True
- rinsing between colours
- 6B
- a tightly pulled rope
- background
- a small round brush
- how light or dark it is
- frame
- True
- hard, light marks
- rinsing between colours
- a moving dot’s path
- soft, dark marks
- dots packed close
- True
- giving a pencil a point
- True
- diagonal
- holding paper flat
- True
- True
- True
- watercolour
- looks bigger
- highlight
- bad for the brush
- an ice-cream cone
- True
- a sugar cube
- False
- cuboid
- False
- sharpener
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