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 texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
- 2.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 3.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) a flag in the wind (d) dashes on a road
- 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 5.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
- 8.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) ocean waves
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 11.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) easel
- 14.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 15.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a leaning ladder
- 16.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) blend with a fingertip (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
- 17.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
- 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 19.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 22.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) border
- 23.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) easel (d) sponge
- 25.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 28.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 29.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 31.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 32.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 34.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 35.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
- 36.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
- 37.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) taller (c) farther away (d) younger
- 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
- 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
- 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- looks furry or scaly
- 6B
- dashes on a road
- soft, dark marks
- True
- 9
- grey lines for sketching
- geometric shape
- the teeth of a saw
- hard, light marks
- standing on its bristles
- watercolour
- water pot
- a falling tree
- a leaning ladder
- see-through colour
- 4B
- shadow side
- False
- True
- dotted or broken line
- vanishing point
- False
- easel
- hatching
- True
- 7
- bad for the brush
- True
- criss-cross lines
- organic shape
- False
- zigzag line
- zigzag line
- mixed with lots of water
- lines all one way
- farther away
- a hue, like red or blue
- background
- True
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