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 star is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) B
- 3.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
- 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 6.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) value
- 8.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 11.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a cut-here line (c) stitches on cloth (d) a jalebi
- 12.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 15.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) dots packed close (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines all one way
- 17.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) B (c) HB (d) 2B
- 18.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 19.True or false: ocean waves looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 23.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
- 24.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
- 25.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 26.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
- 27.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) cube (d) sphere
- 28.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 30.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 34.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lots of tiny dots
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 36.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) palette
- 38.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part nearest you (d) things that look biggest
- 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 40.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
Answer key
- False
- 4H
- True
- glue
- cast shadow
- reshaping the tip
- space
- True
- True
- a 3D form
- a jalebi
- False
- leaving it in water
- False
- light value
- lines all one way
- HB
- bad for the brush
- False
- False
- True
- far away
- zigzag line
- letting paint dry on it
- vertical
- holding a board upright
- cube
- False
- hard, light marks
- geometric shape
- its shadow on the table
- False
- vertical
- smooth, soft tones
- shows more detail
- False
- palette
- far hills and the sky
- rough, smooth or bumpy
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