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 the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 3.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a snail shell (c) a lightning bolt (d) a laser beam
- 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
- 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 7.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 8.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
- 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
- 10.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 12.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) in the sky (b) above the object (c) under the object (d) on the ceiling
- 13.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a sugar cube (b) a brick (c) a water pipe (d) a traffic cone
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 17.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) overlaps other things
- 18.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
- 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines crossing over (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 27.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
- 29.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
- 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 34.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a lightning bolt (c) a jalebi (d) dashes on a road
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 36.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) a jalebi (d) a ruler’s edge
Answer key
- what a rainbow shows
- hard, light marks
- a laser beam
- where light hits most
- shows less detail
- stippling
- wavy line
- shows more detail
- texture
- True
- good brush care
- under the object
- a water pipe
- True
- False
- form
- looks smaller
- True
- False
- True
- has height, width, depth
- looks smaller
- things that look biggest
- poster colour
- 7
- smooth, soft tones
- a 3D form
- frame
- zigzag line
- False
- False
- sphere
- far away
- a lightning bolt
- foreground
- False
- True
- glue
- foreground
- a ruler’s edge
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