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 flat 2D shape? (a) triangle (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 2.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4H
- 3.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 4.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) farther away (c) younger (d) closer to you
- 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 6.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) light first outlines (c) do not smudge easily (d) see-through colour
- 8.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) triangle (c) star (d) oval
- 9.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
- 14.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
- 15.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 17.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 21.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) square (d) cylinder
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) cuboid
- 25.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
- 28.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
- 30.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 31.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
- 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
- 35.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 36.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) circle
- 39.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the frame (b) at the bottom edge (c) on the horizon line (d) in the foreground
- 40.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) in a corner (c) off the page (d) at the very edge
Answer key
- triangle
- 4H
- holding a board upright
- farther away
- highlight
- True
- do not smudge easily
- cube
- False
- foreground
- True
- a 2D shape
- letting paint dry on it
- a falling tree
- good brush care
- pencil
- True
- False
- diagonal
- hard, light marks
- 9
- square
- 7
- rectangle
- False
- False
- texture
- vertical
- value
- 1
- 2B
- spiral line
- shows more detail
- a long, thin mark
- horizontal
- geometric shape
- where light hits most
- cone
- on the horizon line
- where the lines cross
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