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 value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
- 3.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a jalebi (c) dashes on a road (d) a wriggling snake
- 4.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
- 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) H
- 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 10.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) the side away from light
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 14.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 15.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
- 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) sphere
- 17.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
- 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 22.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
- 24.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) B
- 27.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 29.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 30.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 32.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
- 35.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
- 36.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
- 39.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
Answer key
- from white to black
- standing on its bristles
- a jalebi
- a 3D form
- scrubbing hard on paper
- foreground
- H
- glue
- washing with mild soap
- good brush care
- the side away from light
- triangle
- wax crayons
- 6B
- bristles up or flat
- cube
- True
- near the viewer
- a ruler’s edge
- 7
- hard, light marks
- False
- a spiral
- True
- False
- 2H
- True
- diagonal
- zigzag line
- diagonal
- hard, light marks
- False
- texture
- reshaping the tip
- a wide flat brush
- True
- frame
- texture
- texture
- a tall lamp post
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