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.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) circle
- 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
- 3.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 4.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
- 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 9.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
- 10.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
- 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 14.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cube (d) cone
- 15.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
- 17.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
- 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
- 20.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a wriggling snake (c) a jalebi (d) stitches on cloth
- 21.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) white to black
- 22.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
- 23.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) high (b) hard (c) hot (d) heavy
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
- 25.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
- 26.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) big (c) brown (d) black
- 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 29.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 2B (d) HB
- 32.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
- 33.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 34.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
- 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a sleeping person (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
- 37.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a laser beam
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 39.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
- 40.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
Answer key
- cube
- the area around objects
- horizontal
- True
- 7
- standing on its bristles
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- soft, dark marks
- washing with mild soap
- True
- the bottom of the page
- leaving it in water
- oil pastels
- sphere
- False
- colour
- True
- soft, light washes
- glue
- stitches on cloth
- white to black
- False
- hard
- vertical lines
- highlight
- black
- a closed flat outline
- a hue, like red or blue
- True
- True
- 2H
- bristles up or flat
- vertical
- False
- a long, thin mark
- a falling tree
- a flag in the wind
- shows less detail
- spiral line
- 4
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