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 a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 2.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 5.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 7.What do we use a water pot for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
- 8.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) a snail shell (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 9.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) HB
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cone
- 12.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, light washes
- 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a cut-here line (c) a jalebi (d) a lightning bolt
- 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
- 17.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
- 21.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cube (b) rectangle (c) oval (d) star
- 22.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 23.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
- 24.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) the area around objects
- 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 27.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a ruler’s edge
- 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
- 30.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
- 31.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
- 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) palette
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
- 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
- 36.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 37.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
- 40.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
Answer key
- see-through colour
- the darker half of it
- oil pastels
- curved lines
- sphere
- glue
- rinsing brushes
- ocean waves
- HB
- 7
- cuboid
- True
- soft, light washes
- False
- a wriggling snake
- lines all one way
- True
- False
- False
- how light or dark it is
- cube
- geometric shape
- shows more detail
- a person standing tall
- from white to black
- wax crayons
- a lightning bolt
- False
- smooth, soft tones
- zigzag line
- False
- blending
- water pot
- sphere
- a sense of near and far
- 6B
- True
- shape
- the side away from light
- cube
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