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.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) younger (c) taller (d) farther away
- 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
- 3.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 5.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) shows less detail
- 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 8.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) cuboid (d) pyramid
- 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) round brush
- 11.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 12.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
- 14.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) sand (c) glue (d) hot oil
- 15.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) easel (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) sponge
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 19.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
- 20.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
- 21.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 22.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) HB
- 23.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
- 30.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
- 31.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 36.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) red to blue
- 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 38.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) pyramid
- 39.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 40.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
Answer key
- farther away
- frame
- False
- only length and width
- False
- shows more detail
- background
- True
- triangle
- easel
- 6
- 12
- things that look biggest
- water and mild soap
- a leaning ladder
- masking tape
- sphere
- standing on its bristles
- the side facing the lamp
- mixing colours
- vertical
- HB
- True
- wax crayons
- value
- False
- True
- texture
- rinsing between colours
- the part in between
- True
- near the viewer
- watercolour
- spiral line
- scrubbing hard on paper
- white to black
- 7
- rectangle
- organic shape
- geometric shape
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