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) oval (b) sphere (c) square (d) circle
- 2.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a globe (b) a sugar cube (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a party hat
- 3.True or false: we use masking tape for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
- 5.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 6.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
- 7.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
- 9.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
- 11.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 12.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
- 13.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a sponge (d) a small round brush
- 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
- 16.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a laser beam (c) dashes on a road (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 17.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
- 20.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cone
- 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 24.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) mixing colours
- 25.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) a marble (c) a dice (d) a shoe box
- 27.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) line
- 28.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 30.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
- 33.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 36.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 37.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
- 38.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the bottom of the page
- 39.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
- 40.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- sphere
- a globe
- False
- on the left side
- 8
- hatching
- a tall lamp post
- highlight
- a wavy line
- looks smaller
- spiral line
- a falling tree
- False
- a small round brush
- pencil
- dashes on a road
- False
- False
- poster colour
- True
- cylinder
- False
- False
- mixing colours
- False
- a shoe box
- value
- diagonal
- shadow side
- False
- False
- 2H
- False
- True
- giving a pencil a point
- 7
- True
- the bottom of the page
- a 3D form
- False
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