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.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) water pot
- 3.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a lightning bolt (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) dashes on a road
- 4.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
- 5.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 6.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a jalebi (c) a cut-here line (d) a lightning bolt
- 7.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 8.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 9.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 10.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a water pipe (b) a brick (c) a dice (d) a marble
- 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) rectangle (d) sphere
- 13.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
- 17.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 18.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) square (d) pyramid
- 19.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
- 22.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a ruler’s edge (c) stitches on cloth (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
- 25.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 27.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
- 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 29.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
- 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 35.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) easel
- 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
Answer key
- horizontal
- water pot
- dashes on a road
- H
- near the viewer
- a jalebi
- criss-cross lines
- good brush care
- good brush care
- a dice
- False
- rectangle
- True
- oil pastels
- 7
- standing on its bristles
- 6
- square
- True
- horizontal
- sphere
- True
- a row of pointy peaks
- glue
- 2H
- drying bristles up
- see-through colour
- lots of tiny dots
- False
- soft, dark marks
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- False
- 1
- is partly hidden
- watercolour
- scrubbing hard on paper
- round brush
- cylinder
- line
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