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 paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 3.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) stitches on cloth (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a snail shell
- 4.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 5.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 7.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 8.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 9.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 11.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 14.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 16.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 17.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 19.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 20.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
- 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 23.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
- 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) blend with a fingertip
- 26.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 27.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 28.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a dice (b) a football (c) a brick (d) a water pipe
- 29.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
- 31.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 32.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a snail shell (d) the teeth of a saw
- 33.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) 2H
- 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) sits lower on the page
- 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 37.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) on the right side
- 38.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) star (d) oval
- 40.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
Answer key
- poster colour
- zigzag lines
- a tightly pulled rope
- spiral line
- True
- pencil
- bad for the brush
- a 2D shape
- True
- medium marks
- False
- False
- many parallel lines
- vertical
- 7
- geometric shape
- True
- blending
- dark value
- background
- its shadow on the table
- cast shadow
- 4
- form
- blend with a fingertip
- mixing colours
- diagonal
- a football
- 0
- drying bristles up
- 12
- a snail shell
- False
- 2B
- sits lower on the page
- easel
- on the left side
- True
- sphere
- a 2D shape
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