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 is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks paler and bluer
- 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 3.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
- 5.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
- 7.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 9.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 10.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
- 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 12.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 15.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) stitches on cloth (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a coiled rope
- 16.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 18.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 19.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cube
- 22.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, light washes (d) do not smudge easily
- 24.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 25.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 26.True or false: a sphere is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a marble (c) a traffic cone (d) a sugar cube
- 28.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 2H (d) 6B
- 29.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 31.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a laser beam (c) the teeth of a saw (d) ocean waves
- 32.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding paper flat
- 33.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) star (d) cylinder
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 37.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) big to small (c) red to blue (d) white to black
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 39.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
- 40.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
Answer key
- looks paler and bluer
- pencil
- do not smudge easily
- washing with mild soap
- True
- smudging with a finger
- 12
- horizontal
- 8
- a jalebi
- a closed flat outline
- True
- False
- mixing colours
- a coiled rope
- False
- dark value
- 2H
- False
- frame
- cylinder
- False
- soft, light washes
- a 2D shape
- dotted or broken line
- True
- a marble
- HB
- bristles up or flat
- flat brush
- the teeth of a saw
- holding paper flat
- True
- True
- star
- watercolour
- white to black
- hard, light marks
- rinsing between colours
- criss-cross lines
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