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.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 2.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 3.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
- 4.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
- 5.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
- 6.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) dashes on a road
- 7.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 8.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
- 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 11.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
- 12.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a sleeping person
- 14.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) sand (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
- 15.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 16.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 17.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 19.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) square
- 20.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 21.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 22.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 23.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
- 24.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
- 25.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
- 27.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
- 29.What do we use a water pot for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cone (c) star (d) cuboid
- 36.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
- 38.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 39.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
Answer key
- vertical
- hatching
- dashes on a road
- value
- dots packed close
- a wriggling snake
- wavy line
- bad for the brush
- the brightest spot
- 7
- rinsing between colours
- zigzag line
- a playground slide
- water and mild soap
- lines crossing over
- foreground
- a spiral
- far away
- square
- 0
- 4H
- False
- on the left side
- a leaning ladder
- True
- its shadow on the table
- hard, light marks
- shape
- rinsing brushes
- see-through colour
- True
- False
- True
- smudging with a finger
- star
- False
- lots of tiny dots
- a 3D form
- a 2D shape
- poster colour
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