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 feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
- 2.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 3.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) B
- 4.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
- 5.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
- 6.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 7.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) star (d) sphere
- 9.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 10.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
- 11.True or false: we use a sponge for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
- 15.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cylinder (c) rectangle (d) triangle
- 17.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 19.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
- 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 24.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
- 25.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
- 27.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) water pot
- 30.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
- 32.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 33.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a jalebi (b) a flag in the wind (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
- 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
- 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) water pot (d) easel
- 36.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
- 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 4B
- 39.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
Answer key
- light first outlines
- on the left side
- B
- criss-cross lines
- a wavy line
- dotted or broken line
- True
- sphere
- shows less detail
- foreground
- False
- False
- True
- the dark shape it throws
- True
- cylinder
- False
- far away
- vertical
- the brightest spot
- dark value
- highlight
- hard, light marks
- zigzag line
- True
- what a rainbow shows
- True
- good brush care
- water pot
- False
- hatching
- zigzag line
- a jalebi
- has height, width, depth
- palette
- blending
- far away
- 4B
- True
- how a surface feels
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