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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 2.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) wide, straight strokes
- 4.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) 2H (d) HB
- 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) sphere
- 6.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
- 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
- 8.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) a sugar cube (c) a dice (d) a marble
- 9.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) oval
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) form
- 12.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 13.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 14.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) in the sky (b) under the object (c) above the object (d) on the ceiling
- 15.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a snail shell
- 16.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 18.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a wriggling snake (d) a jalebi
- 19.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
- 20.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 22.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
- 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 25.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
- 26.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 30.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) focal point (b) background (c) border (d) horizon
- 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a party hat (b) a dice (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a football
- 33.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 35.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
- 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) the bottom of the page (d) far hills and the sky
- 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a cube
- 40.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
Answer key
- 7
- False
- dabbing soft textures
- 2H
- cube
- 6B
- pencil
- a marble
- dotted or broken line
- sphere
- shape
- a tall lamp post
- light value
- under the object
- a wriggling snake
- spiral line
- near the viewer
- dashes on a road
- 4H
- wavy line
- soft, dark marks
- False
- looks furry or scaly
- False
- holding paper flat
- False
- False
- True
- geometric shape
- focal point
- True
- a football
- smooth, soft tones
- zigzag lines
- good brush care
- scrubbing hard on paper
- the bottom of the page
- False
- a shape
- H
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