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 element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
- 2.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
- 3.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 4.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 5.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) cuboid (c) triangle (d) square
- 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
- 7.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 8.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 9.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) colour
- 11.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 12.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
- 13.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) star (c) sphere (d) pyramid
- 15.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
- 17.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
- 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
- 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 22.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
- 23.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 24.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
- 27.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 28.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a laser beam (b) a wriggling snake (c) a snail shell (d) a cut-here line
- 30.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) triangle (d) pyramid
- 31.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) triangle (c) circle (d) cube
- 32.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press lighter (c) use an eraser (d) press harder
- 33.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 36.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a jalebi (c) a snail shell (d) a cut-here line
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 38.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 39.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) circle (d) sphere
- 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
Answer key
- value
- a shape
- cross-hatching
- horizontal
- cuboid
- the side away from light
- the side facing the lamp
- hard, waxy sticks
- 4
- space
- 4H
- holding a board upright
- False
- star
- good brush care
- its shadow on the table
- False
- a laser beam
- False
- True
- highlight
- leaving it in water
- light value
- False
- 7
- shape
- 6
- False
- a wriggling snake
- triangle
- cube
- press harder
- 4
- triangle
- foreground
- a cut-here line
- things that look biggest
- a 3D form
- cube
- hard, light marks
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