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.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
- 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a cut-here line (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a coiled rope
- 7.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 8.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
- 10.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) sits lower on the page
- 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 17.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 20.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
- 21.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cone
- 22.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
- 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
- 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 26.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4B (b) H (c) HB (d) 2H
- 27.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) flat brush
- 29.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 30.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
- 33.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) star (c) pyramid (d) triangle
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
- 35.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- True
- glue
- palette
- curved lines
- a ruler’s edge
- zigzag lines
- bad for the brush
- oil pastels
- cylinder
- foreground
- line
- looks smaller
- False
- scrubbing hard on paper
- a small round brush
- True
- soft, dark marks
- drying bristles up
- 4
- cube
- shows more detail
- 7
- the part in between
- near the viewer
- 4B
- dots packed close
- flat brush
- diagonal
- spiral line
- soft, dark marks
- easel
- pyramid
- blending
- a 2D shape
- a leaning ladder
- shadow side
- True
- False
- True
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