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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
- 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the brightest spot
- 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
- 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
- 9.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 10.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
- 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 13.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a shoe box (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a marble
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
- 17.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 18.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 20.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) closer to you (c) taller (d) younger
- 21.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 23.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part farthest away
- 25.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 26.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 27.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 28.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
- 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 30.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
- 34.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
- 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
- 36.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) dots packed close (d) lots of tiny dots
- 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) easel
- 38.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a shoe box (b) a dice (c) a globe (d) a water pipe
- 39.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a table top
Answer key
- lines all one way
- False
- diagonal lines
- the brightest spot
- line
- True
- True
- texture
- far away
- True
- diagonal lines
- wax crayons
- True
- a marble
- 7
- cylinder
- diagonal
- True
- spiral line
- farther away
- False
- bad for the brush
- light value
- the part in between
- True
- vertical
- True
- its shadow on the table
- 4
- False
- False
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- bright, flat colour
- a closed flat outline
- criss-cross lines
- easel
- a globe
- True
- a standing tree trunk
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids