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 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cube
- 2.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
- 4.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 5.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) water pot
- 7.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 9.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) far hills and the sky
- 10.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
- 11.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
- 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
- 14.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) at the very edge (c) in a corner (d) off the page
- 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
- 17.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 18.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a snail shell (c) dashes on a road (d) a lightning bolt
- 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 20.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
- 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 24.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
- 25.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 26.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) HB
- 27.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
- 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) its shadow on the table
- 30.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
- 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
- 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 35.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 36.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a lightning bolt (c) a snail shell (d) a cut-here line
- 37.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) circle (c) star (d) triangle
- 39.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) H (d) 4B
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) sphere (c) circle (d) square
Answer key
- cuboid
- False
- the part in between
- organic shape
- organic shape
- sharpener
- False
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- far hills and the sky
- False
- light value
- True
- the side away from light
- False
- where the lines cross
- texture
- good brush care
- a lightning bolt
- curved lines
- bristles up or flat
- True
- drying bristles up
- drying bristles up
- True
- 2H
- HB
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- frame
- where light hits most
- False
- False
- smudging with a finger
- leaving it in water
- foreground
- on the left side
- a snail shell
- poster colour
- cube
- H
- sphere
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