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 is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) circle
- 2.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) thick, opaque paint (d) hard, waxy sticks
- 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
- 7.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 8.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 9.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
- 11.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) grey lines for sketching
- 12.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) a coiled rope (d) a jalebi
- 13.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
- 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 16.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 17.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) add water (c) press lighter (d) use an eraser
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
- 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
- 20.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) square (d) cube
- 21.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 22.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
- 23.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
- 25.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) square (d) cone
- 27.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
- 29.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, creamy sticks
- 31.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
- 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) palette
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) shows less detail (d) looks bigger
- 34.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
- 35.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a flag in the wind (c) a coiled rope (d) a cut-here line
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
- 37.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 39.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 40.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
Answer key
- circle
- middle ground
- line
- 7
- thick, opaque paint
- value
- 0
- 9
- light value
- a closed flat outline
- soft, light washes
- a ruler’s edge
- hatching
- texture
- zigzag line
- geometric shape
- press harder
- easel
- drying bristles up
- square
- bad for the brush
- a wide flat brush
- soft, dark marks
- cross-hatching
- False
- square
- False
- a long, thin mark
- False
- soft, creamy sticks
- a playground slide
- water pot
- shows less detail
- blending
- a coiled rope
- pencil
- False
- far away
- 2H
- bristles up or flat
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