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 looks like a straight line? (a) a jalebi (b) a laser beam (c) a snail shell (d) a wriggling snake
- 2.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 4.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 7.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) farther away (d) younger
- 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
- 9.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a flag in the wind (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a laser beam
- 11.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 15.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a drinking straw (b) a traffic cone (c) a marble (d) a matchbox
- 16.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 17.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a big roller (c) a sponge (d) a small round brush
- 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) round brush (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) easel (d) round brush
- 21.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 22.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 24.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 27.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
- 30.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
- 32.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
- 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
- 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 35.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 2B (d) 4B
- 36.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a wriggling snake
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cuboid (c) oval (d) cone
- 38.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 40.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
Answer key
- a laser beam
- a 2D shape
- horizontal lines
- False
- foreground
- the brightest spot
- farther away
- how a surface feels
- True
- a flag in the wind
- diagonal
- True
- horizontal
- 7
- a matchbox
- a lightning bolt
- a small round brush
- sits near the horizon
- sponge
- round brush
- True
- wide, straight strokes
- soft, dark marks
- a spiral
- False
- zigzag line
- a 2D shape
- far away
- texture
- spiral line
- frame
- dots packed close
- reshaping the tip
- watercolour
- HB
- a tightly pulled rope
- oval
- True
- soft, light washes
- a long, thin mark
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