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 element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
- 2.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 3.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a jalebi (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
- 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 9.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a form
- 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
- 11.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) glue
- 12.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 14.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 2H (d) 4B
- 15.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 17.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 18.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 19.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) shape
- 26.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) shows more detail
- 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 6B (c) B (d) 4B
- 32.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 35.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a marble (b) a globe (c) a sugar cube (d) an ice-cream cone
- 36.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 37.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 40.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- value
- bad for the brush
- a jalebi
- vertical lines
- its shadow on the table
- curved lines
- value
- the part in between
- a shape
- 2B
- water and mild soap
- False
- the darker half of it
- HB
- False
- watercolour
- a 3D form
- wavy line
- True
- True
- False
- True
- False
- 7
- form
- True
- True
- True
- texture
- shows less detail
- H
- a 2D shape
- shadow side
- cuboid
- a sugar cube
- a cut-here line
- False
- False
- geometric shape
- False
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