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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
- 3.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
- 4.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a coiled rope (d) a snail shell
- 6.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 11.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) grey lines for sketching (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 13.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
- 15.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a globe (b) a candle (c) a shoe box (d) a party hat
- 17.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 18.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 20.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 22.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) easel
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
- 26.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
- 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
- 28.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
- 32.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 33.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
- 36.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) square (c) cuboid (d) pyramid
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 39.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- shadow side
- reshaping the tip
- looks smaller
- False
- a ruler’s edge
- True
- a 3D form
- 7
- False
- cube
- blend with a fingertip
- poster colour
- False
- is partly hidden
- True
- a party hat
- vertical
- False
- near the viewer
- False
- poster colour
- light value
- easel
- False
- sits near the horizon
- giving a pencil a point
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- False
- zigzag line
- True
- a jalebi
- vertical
- True
- what a rainbow shows
- line
- True
- square
- cross-hatching
- True
- near the viewer
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