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.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 3.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 4.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
- 6.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
- 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 8.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 6B
- 9.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) a coiled rope
- 10.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
- 12.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 13.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) grey lines for sketching (c) blend with a fingertip (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 14.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 17.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a laser beam
- 18.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) ocean waves (d) a wriggling snake
- 19.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) line
- 20.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag
- 21.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 27.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
- 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 29.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) masking tape
- 33.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 34.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 40.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a party hat (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a sugar cube (d) a marble
Answer key
- diagonal
- cube
- straight line
- sphere
- looks paler and bluer
- lots of tiny dots
- foreground
- HB
- a coiled rope
- False
- a solid 3D object
- a 3D form
- hard, waxy sticks
- False
- 7
- 9
- the teeth of a saw
- a jalebi
- colour
- a spiral
- True
- True
- hard, light marks
- True
- looks bigger
- False
- rinsing brushes
- soft, dark marks
- mixed with lots of water
- True
- sits near the horizon
- water pot
- False
- dark value
- True
- lines all one way
- diagonal lines
- soft, dark marks
- horizontal lines
- a marble
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