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 is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) star (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 2.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 7.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a jalebi (c) a wriggling snake (d) dashes on a road
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) line
- 9.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) round brush (c) palette (d) easel
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) a globe (c) a water pipe (d) a candle
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 17.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a form
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 19.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 20.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 22.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) star (c) square (d) circle
- 24.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 26.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 30.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) triangle (d) pyramid
- 32.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 33.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 35.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) elbows (d) eyes
- 36.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
- 37.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) oval (c) circle (d) triangle
Answer key
- star
- good brush care
- far away
- glue
- False
- geometric shape
- a jalebi
- shape
- True
- False
- True
- leaving it in water
- easel
- a globe
- 7
- organic shape
- a shape
- medium marks
- good brush care
- False
- sphere
- False
- cuboid
- True
- mixed with lots of water
- 0
- reshaping the tip
- horizontal lines
- vertical
- True
- triangle
- bad for the brush
- vertical
- hard, light marks
- eyes
- looks smaller
- cross-hatching
- oil pastels
- background
- cone
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