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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 3.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 5.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 7.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) circle (d) triangle
- 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
- 12.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
- 13.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) HB (d) B
- 14.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a lightning bolt (c) ocean waves (d) a laser beam
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 16.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
- 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 19.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 20.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a ruler’s edge
- 21.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 27.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 28.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 29.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 30.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 31.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 32.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) line
- 36.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 38.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
- 39.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 4B (c) HB (d) 2B
Answer key
- 6
- curved lines
- shadow side
- medium marks
- a wavy line
- diagonal lines
- a spiral
- vertical
- hard, light marks
- cuboid
- only length and width
- what a rainbow shows
- B
- a cut-here line
- space
- grey lines for sketching
- texture
- vertical lines
- dark value
- a lightning bolt
- True
- True
- 4H
- False
- False
- True
- on the right side
- geometric shape
- False
- a 2D shape
- 7
- True
- True
- frame
- line
- False
- dark value
- ocean waves
- a 3D form
- H
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids