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.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a shoe box (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a marble
- 3.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the left side
- 4.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) HB (d) B
- 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 6.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 9.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a wriggling snake (d) ocean waves
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) stitches on cloth (c) a laser beam (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 15.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: a rectangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 21.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smooth, soft tones
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 23.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) H (d) 2B
- 29.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) space
- 32.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 36.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a globe (b) a matchbox (c) a party hat (d) a water pipe
- 37.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
- 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 40.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- an ice-cream cone
- on the right side
- B
- the darker half of it
- True
- True
- cone
- good brush care
- palette
- the teeth of a saw
- background
- washing with mild soap
- a coiled rope
- False
- True
- True
- far away
- how light or dark it is
- hard, light marks
- criss-cross lines
- near the viewer
- False
- 7
- False
- True
- True
- H
- vertical
- curved lines
- value
- True
- a 3D form
- watercolour
- oil pastels
- a water pipe
- on the left side
- True
- foreground
- False
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