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.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
- 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 6.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a laser beam (d) a snail shell
- 8.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 9.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 12.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 13.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a football (b) a brick (c) a sugar cube (d) a candle
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) palette
- 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
- 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) rectangle (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 19.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
- 20.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) 6B
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 22.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) cone
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) circle (c) sphere (d) rectangle
- 25.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) triangle
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) form
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) palette (c) water pot (d) sharpener
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 32.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
- 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) cylinder (c) circle (d) triangle
- 38.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
- 39.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
Answer key
- True
- horizontal lines
- has height, width, depth
- glue
- far away
- True
- ocean waves
- zigzag line
- True
- colour
- pencil
- looks smaller
- False
- a candle
- water pot
- many parallel lines
- 7
- rectangle
- leaving it in water
- HB
- medium marks
- True
- cuboid
- sphere
- True
- False
- True
- cube
- texture
- masking tape
- the darker half of it
- diagonal
- a sleeping person
- True
- False
- foreground
- cylinder
- bright, flat colour
- blending
- a tall lamp post
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