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 looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) a flag in the wind
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) water pot (d) masking tape
- 3.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 4.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 8.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 10.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
- 12.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) B (c) 2H (d) HB
- 13.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a cut-here line (c) dashes on a road (d) a snail shell
- 15.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) glue
- 16.True or false: we use masking tape for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
- 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
- 19.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 21.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 22.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 23.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
- 25.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 26.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 27.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) square
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 29.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) H
- 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) where the lines cross (c) off the page (d) at the very edge
- 32.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 33.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 34.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 37.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
- 40.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
Answer key
- a row of pointy peaks
- masking tape
- a 3D form
- hard, waxy sticks
- watercolour
- True
- vertical lines
- False
- foreground
- True
- how light or dark it is
- B
- True
- a snail shell
- water and mild soap
- False
- flat brush
- is partly hidden
- False
- spiral line
- spiral line
- 4
- True
- a tall lamp post
- spiral line
- horizontal
- cuboid
- far away
- HB
- False
- where the lines cross
- good brush care
- 0
- True
- False
- foreground
- False
- True
- the edge of a calm sea
- a 2D shape
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