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 art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
- 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 3.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
- 6.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) is partly hidden
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
- 10.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
- 12.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
- 13.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cube (d) cone
- 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 18.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 21.True or false: we use a sponge for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
- 24.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
- 26.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a jalebi (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) ocean waves
- 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 28.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 31.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) star (c) rectangle (d) cone
- 32.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
- 35.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
- 38.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: we use masking tape for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
Answer key
- sharpener
- shows more detail
- True
- highlight
- leaving it in water
- 6
- looks bigger
- 7
- holding paper flat
- horizontal
- watercolour
- washing with mild soap
- sphere
- False
- False
- 4
- rinsing between colours
- True
- True
- a person standing tall
- False
- False
- glue
- True
- a flat 2D area
- a jalebi
- masking tape
- False
- True
- shadow side
- cone
- True
- 9
- zigzag lines
- False
- zigzag lines
- a wide flat brush
- True
- False
- pencil
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