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 lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 2.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) square (c) circle (d) cone
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
- 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
- 5.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
- 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 8.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
- 10.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) value
- 12.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) light first outlines
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) palette (d) easel
- 14.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a laser beam (c) the teeth of a saw (d) dashes on a road
- 15.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 17.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
- 18.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) sponge
- 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a party hat (b) a globe (c) a brick (d) a marble
- 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
- 24.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a laser beam (c) a wriggling snake (d) a jalebi
- 26.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 27.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 28.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 29.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) a candle (c) a party hat (d) a dice
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
- 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
- 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) line
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cube
- 35.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) H
Answer key
- horizontal lines
- cone
- glue
- easel
- dotted or broken line
- looks furry or scaly
- near the viewer
- dark value
- a moving dot’s path
- soft, light washes
- value
- light first outlines
- easel
- a laser beam
- 4H
- spiral line
- a tall lamp post
- True
- wavy line
- sponge
- False
- a party hat
- a long, thin mark
- bad for the brush
- a jalebi
- bad for the brush
- vertical
- good brush care
- a dice
- is partly hidden
- drying bristles up
- False
- shape
- cube
- True
- has height, width, depth
- shape
- oil pastels
- False
- 2B
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