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 shaped like a cube? (a) a matchbox (b) a dice (c) a party hat (d) a brick
- 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
- 5.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) oval
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 9.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 11.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) sponge
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
- 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) palette
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
- 17.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 19.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
- 20.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 21.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4H
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) line
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 24.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 25.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 26.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) white to black (c) red to blue (d) big to small
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 30.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) bright, flat colour
- 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 32.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 33.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 34.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) border (d) highlight
- 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a jalebi (b) ocean waves (c) a lightning bolt (d) a flag in the wind
- 38.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
Answer key
- a dice
- near the viewer
- True
- scrubbing hard on paper
- False
- False
- cone
- shadow side
- fine lines and details
- vertical lines
- False
- light value
- water pot
- rinsing between colours
- easel
- is partly hidden
- True
- near the viewer
- a wavy line
- drying bristles up
- 4H
- line
- hard, light marks
- sphere
- dotted or broken line
- white to black
- 7
- cube
- easel
- grey lines for sketching
- foreground
- a 2D shape
- bad for the brush
- vanishing point
- False
- False
- a lightning bolt
- light value
- oil pastels
- looks bigger
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