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.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 2.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) what a rainbow shows
- 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
- 19.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 21.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) looks bigger
- 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) shape
- 25.True or false: a jalebi looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
- 27.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 28.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) sponge (c) palette (d) water pot
- 30.What do we use a water pot for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 32.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 33.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) pyramid
- 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 36.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 37.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
- 39.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 2
- horizontal
- form
- 7
- True
- False
- diagonal
- masking tape
- False
- True
- False
- gaps between things
- a leaning ladder
- poster colour
- the part in between
- zigzag line
- sphere
- shows more detail
- 4
- watercolour
- True
- looks bigger
- False
- value
- False
- form
- vertical
- False
- water pot
- rinsing brushes
- letting paint dry on it
- horizontal
- watercolour
- star
- reshaping the tip
- many parallel lines
- True
- frame
- True
- True
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