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.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 2.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
- 5.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 7.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) round brush
- 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 12.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
- 14.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 17.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) H (d) B
- 18.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
- 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a jalebi (b) a ruler’s edge (c) stitches on cloth (d) a laser beam
- 22.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
- 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
- 24.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) dots packed close
- 25.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 26.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
- 28.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 29.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 30.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) far hills and the sky (d) things that look biggest
- 32.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a sugar cube (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a marble (d) a shoe box
- 34.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) elbows (b) feet (c) eyes (d) knees
- 35.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 2H (d) 2B
- 36.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
- 38.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
- 40.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
Answer key
- dark value
- False
- smooth, soft tones
- a moving dot’s path
- False
- bad for the brush
- blending
- palette
- True
- True
- 7
- horizontal
- is partly hidden
- diagonal
- wax crayons
- watercolour
- B
- on the right side
- False
- False
- a jalebi
- holding a board upright
- only length and width
- many parallel lines
- horizontal
- 9
- a hue, like red or blue
- a 3D form
- a 3D form
- cube
- things that look biggest
- True
- a marble
- eyes
- 2H
- True
- a wide flat brush
- True
- a playground slide
- the brightest spot
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