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.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 2.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 3.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 4.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) shows less detail (d) looks bigger
- 5.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 8.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) closer to you (d) farther away
- 9.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
- 11.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
- 12.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 14.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 15.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a falling tree
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
- 17.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
- 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) sponge
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) form
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 24.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) oval (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 27.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 28.True or false: we use a flat brush for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 30.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
- 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
- 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
- 34.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press harder
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
- 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 38.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 39.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
Answer key
- far away
- spiral line
- a 3D form
- looks bigger
- False
- horizontal
- 7
- farther away
- hatching
- a hue, like red or blue
- stippling
- False
- 12
- vertical
- a sleeping person
- shape
- True
- bristles up or flat
- washing with mild soap
- near the viewer
- sponge
- space
- looks bigger
- light first outlines
- blending
- oval
- shows less detail
- False
- a 2D shape
- True
- white to black
- a solid 3D object
- where light hits most
- press harder
- looks smaller
- colour
- far away
- a 2D shape
- bad for the brush
- frame
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