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.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 2.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) where the lines cross
- 3.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a traffic cone (b) a brick (c) a party hat (d) a dice
- 4.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) square
- 7.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a form (d) a shape
- 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
- 10.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
- 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) triangle
- 13.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 14.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 16.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
- 17.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 18.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) big (c) black (d) brown
- 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a flag in the wind (d) a ruler’s edge
- 20.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 21.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
- 23.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 25.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) cube
- 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
- 28.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
- 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
- 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 33.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
- 35.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
- 38.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a laser beam (c) stitches on cloth (d) the teeth of a saw
- 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
- 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
Answer key
- light value
- where the lines cross
- a dice
- True
- True
- square
- horizontal
- a shape
- shadow side
- see-through colour
- False
- triangle
- wavy line
- True
- True
- on the left side
- cone
- black
- a ruler’s edge
- 4
- True
- 4H
- a 2D shape
- hatching
- False
- oval
- a cut-here line
- False
- texture
- False
- leaving it in water
- hard, light marks
- criss-cross lines
- value
- HB
- masking tape
- do not smudge easily
- the teeth of a saw
- lines crossing over
- frame
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