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 the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) circle (c) square (d) cuboid
- 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
- 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) star (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 7.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 8.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 9.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 10.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
- 11.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
- 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) B
- 14.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
- 17.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
- 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 20.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
- 23.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
- 24.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 25.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) circle
- 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
- 27.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 29.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 30.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 31.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
- 32.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) knees (c) feet (d) elbows
- 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
- 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 35.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) water pot (d) flat brush
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
- 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 40.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
Answer key
- a flat 2D area
- 7
- overlaps other things
- cuboid
- is partly hidden
- star
- 8
- True
- a 2D shape
- a person standing tall
- True
- soft, dark marks
- 4H
- False
- leaving it in water
- frame
- True
- reshaping the tip
- highlight
- True
- good brush care
- form
- wide, straight strokes
- spiral line
- cube
- a moving dot’s path
- False
- wavy line
- True
- dark value
- lines all one way
- eyes
- washing with mild soap
- hard, light marks
- bad for the brush
- water pot
- shape
- True
- far away
- diagonal
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