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 has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
- 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) round brush (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 5.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
- 10.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a coiled rope (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
- 11.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) rectangle (b) cone (c) sphere (d) cube
- 13.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a water pipe (b) a marble (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a matchbox
- 15.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
- 16.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
- 19.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
- 20.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) things that look biggest (c) far hills and the sky (d) the part farthest away
- 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) palette (d) round brush
- 23.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
- 24.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 2H
- 25.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
- 28.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
- 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 32.True or false: a paint splash is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
- 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) blend with a fingertip
- 37.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) rectangle (c) square (d) circle
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
Answer key
- a shape
- 7
- palette
- zigzag lines
- mixed with lots of water
- easel
- pencil
- foreground
- a long, thin mark
- a flag in the wind
- True
- rectangle
- False
- a matchbox
- a standing tree trunk
- True
- True
- washing with mild soap
- smooth, soft tones
- True
- things that look biggest
- water pot
- soft, creamy sticks
- HB
- False
- hard, waxy sticks
- from white to black
- True
- a tightly pulled rope
- wax crayons
- drying bristles up
- False
- True
- good brush care
- shape
- blend with a fingertip
- 4
- True
- cylinder
- wavy line
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