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) rectangle (b) cube (c) star (d) circle
- 2.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 4.What do we use an easel for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
- 5.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) ocean waves (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) space
- 9.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
- 12.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 13.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 14.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 17.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cone (c) square (d) sphere
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 20.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 6B
- 21.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 22.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
- 24.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) rectangle (c) triangle (d) cuboid
- 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 27.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) square (c) circle (d) triangle
- 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a sleeping person (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
- 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
- 32.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 33.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 34.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
- 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) its shadow on the table (d) the dark shape it throws
- 40.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- cube
- False
- False
- holding a board upright
- a cut-here line
- False
- spiral line
- space
- True
- True
- on the right side
- 9
- horizontal
- False
- False
- horizontal
- False
- square
- far away
- HB
- a 2D shape
- False
- looks furry or scaly
- dark value
- cuboid
- oval
- 4
- diagonal lines
- pyramid
- a sleeping person
- the part in between
- a shape
- dark value
- a spiral
- False
- False
- poster colour
- False
- the darker half of it
- True
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