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 a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 2.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 3.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) a party hat (c) a brick (d) a traffic cone
- 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
- 7.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
- 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) colour
- 14.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 15.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 16.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) H (d) 2H
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 21.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) sharpener
- 23.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
- 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
- 27.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a jalebi (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
- 28.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a small round brush (d) a big roller
- 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
- 30.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) dashes on a road (c) a laser beam (d) a wriggling snake
- 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part farthest away
- 32.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 34.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 36.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 40.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
Answer key
- soft, creamy sticks
- lines crossing over
- wavy line
- False
- a brick
- a moving dot’s path
- diagonal
- 7
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- vertical
- watercolour
- shape
- True
- vertical
- B
- False
- False
- False
- curved lines
- False
- sharpener
- organic shape
- cylinder
- False
- vertical lines
- a ruler’s edge
- a small round brush
- value
- a wriggling snake
- the part nearest you
- True
- dark value
- a 2D shape
- water pot
- False
- True
- watercolour
- far away
- geometric shape
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