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 pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) H (d) HB
- 2.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) a cut-here line (d) stitches on cloth
- 3.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) square (c) cylinder (d) cube
- 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
- 7.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) 2H (d) B
- 9.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) lines all one way (d) smooth, soft tones
- 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
- 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
- 12.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) shows less detail
- 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 16.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
- 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 18.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
- 21.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
- 24.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 26.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 27.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 29.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) farther away (d) closer to you
- 30.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a shoe box (b) a dice (c) a globe (d) a candle
- 31.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called blending. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the frame (b) on the horizon line (c) in the foreground (d) at the bottom edge
- 33.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 34.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
- 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
- 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 39.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) fine lines and details
- 40.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- H
- a jalebi
- a 2D shape
- square
- hard, light marks
- glue
- True
- HB
- smooth, soft tones
- frame
- a long, thin mark
- False
- shows more detail
- has height, width, depth
- the bottom of the page
- the part in between
- far away
- True
- 7
- wavy line
- False
- horizontal
- vertical lines
- False
- 4
- looks paler and bluer
- True
- organic shape
- farther away
- a shoe box
- False
- on the horizon line
- good brush care
- True
- poster colour
- soft, dark marks
- from white to black
- False
- fine lines and details
- False
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