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.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 2.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) texture
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 4.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) press harder (c) use an eraser (d) add water
- 5.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 6.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a matchbox (b) a dice (c) a traffic cone (d) a candle
- 7.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
- 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
- 12.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a shape (c) a cube (d) a form
- 13.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) charcoal (d) pencil
- 14.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) where the lines cross
- 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 16.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 17.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, light washes (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) light first outlines
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
- 20.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
- 23.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) mixed with lots of water
- 28.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) is partly hidden (d) sits lower on the page
- 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
- 31.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a flat outline (b) a 2D shape (c) a 3D form
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 34.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
- 38.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cuboid (c) square (d) rectangle
Answer key
- spiral line
- texture
- reshaping the tip
- press harder
- 6B
- a candle
- looks bigger
- 7
- 4
- frame
- a sense of near and far
- a shape
- poster colour
- where the lines cross
- medium marks
- hard, waxy sticks
- bright, flat colour
- hard, light marks
- value
- True
- sits lower on the page
- shows less detail
- True
- letting paint dry on it
- False
- True
- do not smudge easily
- 4H
- is partly hidden
- a wavy line
- True
- a 3D form
- spiral line
- False
- False
- True
- only length and width
- False
- lines crossing over
- cuboid
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