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) star (b) cylinder (c) triangle (d) circle
- 2.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
- 4.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a snail shell (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) sits near the horizon
- 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
- 8.What do we use a sponge for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
- 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 12.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) a party hat (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
- 14.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, light washes
- 15.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 22.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 24.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) see-through colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) do not smudge easily
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a candle (b) a shoe box (c) a marble (d) a football
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 30.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 35.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 37.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) colour
- 40.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
Answer key
- cylinder
- 1
- a solid 3D object
- True
- ocean waves
- shows more detail
- where light hits most
- dabbing soft textures
- gaps between things
- False
- organic shape
- a marble
- shape
- bright, flat colour
- background
- True
- False
- cube
- False
- 7
- cone
- True
- looks smaller
- do not smudge easily
- oil pastels
- smudging with a finger
- a shoe box
- texture
- a tall lamp post
- standing on its bristles
- 4
- False
- lines crossing over
- dotted or broken line
- a playground slide
- soft, dark marks
- False
- cuboid
- form
- diagonal
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