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 watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
- 3.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) pyramid (d) square
- 4.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
- 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
- 7.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
- 8.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) dots packed close (d) smudging with a finger
- 9.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a marble (b) a sugar cube (c) a brick (d) a shoe box
- 10.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
- 11.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: we use a palette for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) lines all one way (d) many parallel lines
- 14.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
- 15.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 17.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
- 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
- 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
- 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 24.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) knees (c) elbows (d) eyes
- 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) blend with a fingertip
- 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 27.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag line (c) a dotted line (d) a wavy line
- 28.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 29.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
- 30.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 31.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
- 32.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) big to small (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 33.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cube (c) rectangle (d) circle
- 34.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a sense of near and far
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
- 37.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
- 38.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) sphere
- 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
Answer key
- see-through colour
- soft, dark marks
- pyramid
- False
- looks paler and bluer
- pencil
- watercolour
- criss-cross lines
- a marble
- a row of pointy peaks
- True
- False
- lines crossing over
- 0
- False
- True
- cast shadow
- the edge of a calm sea
- far away
- watercolour
- glue
- medium marks
- shadow side
- eyes
- blend with a fingertip
- shape
- a wavy line
- good brush care
- False
- vertical
- zigzag line
- white to black
- cube
- True
- has height, width, depth
- looks smaller
- background
- bad for the brush
- circle
- a playground slide
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