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 of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
- 2.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) pyramid (d) cone
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) water pot (d) flat brush
- 4.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
- 6.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
- 7.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) star
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 9.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 11.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
- 16.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
- 17.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
- 18.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cube
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) triangle (c) cone (d) circle
- 22.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a coiled rope (d) a flag in the wind
- 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 24.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
- 26.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 27.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) bright, flat colour
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
- 30.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
- 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 34.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
- 36.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) ocean waves (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 39.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
Answer key
- lines all one way
- oval
- sponge
- False
- line
- 4B
- star
- glue
- True
- 4H
- False
- straight line
- False
- True
- frame
- watercolour
- bristles up or flat
- True
- cube
- diagonal lines
- cone
- a coiled rope
- near the viewer
- False
- sits lower on the page
- vertical
- mixed with lots of water
- dots packed close
- colour
- lines crossing over
- a flat 2D area
- a sleeping person
- washing with mild soap
- True
- has height, width, depth
- a lightning bolt
- 7
- pencil
- True
- 8
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