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 diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
- 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 6.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a brick (b) a marble (c) a party hat (d) a drinking straw
- 8.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
- 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 12.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 13.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a candle (b) a party hat (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a brick
- 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 16.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 18.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
- 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
- 22.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 23.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
- 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) round brush
- 27.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a marble (b) a globe (c) a matchbox (d) a traffic cone
- 28.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
- 29.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
- 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
- 32.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) a coiled rope (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 35.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
- 38.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) circle (c) sphere (d) pyramid
- 40.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) star (d) triangle
Answer key
- a falling tree
- a leaning ladder
- True
- shadow side
- cylinder
- False
- a drinking straw
- False
- True
- shadow side
- frame
- HB
- 2
- a brick
- far away
- False
- pencil
- dabbing soft textures
- True
- True
- has height, width, depth
- a 3D form
- True
- a sense of near and far
- soft, dark marks
- flat brush
- a matchbox
- the part in between
- vertical
- a moving dot’s path
- its shadow on the table
- a coiled rope
- True
- a 2D shape
- organic shape
- True
- zigzag line
- cross-hatching
- circle
- cylinder
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