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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
- 2.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 5.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
- 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
- 7.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
- 10.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
- 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 14.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, light washes
- 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
- 16.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) water and mild soap
- 17.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) white to black
- 19.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
- 22.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 25.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) far hills and the sky
- 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
- 27.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
- 28.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
- 29.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
- 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) palette (d) sharpener
- 32.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a snail shell (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
- 33.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 34.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) star (c) rectangle (d) cone
- 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 40.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
Answer key
- value
- False
- True
- good brush care
- smudging with a finger
- a moving dot’s path
- diagonal
- a falling tree
- where light hits most
- lines all one way
- True
- False
- organic shape
- soft, light washes
- a hue, like red or blue
- water and mild soap
- True
- white to black
- True
- True
- only length and width
- True
- bad for the brush
- what a rainbow shows
- far hills and the sky
- highlight
- the side facing the lamp
- looks bigger
- horizontal
- mixed with lots of water
- round brush
- dashes on a road
- cylinder
- True
- True
- 9
- a flat 2D area
- cone
- 7
- far away
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