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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
- 3.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 4.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) star (d) cone
- 6.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) water pot (d) round brush
- 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cone
- 12.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 4B (d) 2H
- 14.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 15.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 6B (d) 4B
- 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) water pot
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
- 19.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
- 21.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) circle (d) cone
- 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) a table top
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 26.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a candle (b) a dice (c) a globe (d) a drinking straw
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows less detail
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) circle (c) cuboid (d) rectangle
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 32.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 33.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
- 35.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 36.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
- 37.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
Answer key
- True
- sits near the horizon
- 9
- bad for the brush
- cone
- True
- False
- hard, waxy sticks
- palette
- True
- cube
- False
- 2H
- light value
- H
- mixing colours
- water pot
- letting paint dry on it
- a 2D shape
- glue
- organic shape
- circle
- a person standing tall
- horizontal lines
- texture
- 0
- a globe
- sits lower on the page
- washing with mild soap
- cuboid
- zigzag lines
- 2B
- geometric shape
- a closed flat outline
- a playground slide
- sits lower on the page
- True
- straight line
- near the viewer
- vertical
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids