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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 2.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
- 5.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 6.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) HB
- 7.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a jalebi (b) stitches on cloth (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a lightning bolt
- 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
- 9.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
- 11.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
- 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 13.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) cube (d) cylinder
- 16.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cube (d) rectangle
- 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 19.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) the top of the scene (d) the part nearest you
- 23.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks paler and bluer
- 24.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
- 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
- 27.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
- 28.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 29.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
- 30.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
- 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a sleeping person (c) a falling tree (d) a playground slide
- 33.Which of these is called blending? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lots of tiny dots (c) dots packed close (d) many parallel lines
- 34.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cone (c) cube (d) sphere
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
- 38.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
Answer key
- 7
- False
- 1
- the part farthest away
- geometric shape
- HB
- a tightly pulled rope
- diagonal lines
- a tall lamp post
- looks smaller
- 2B
- foreground
- True
- False
- cube
- cube
- True
- good brush care
- True
- reshaping the tip
- hard, light marks
- the part nearest you
- looks paler and bluer
- the side facing the lamp
- True
- False
- wide, straight strokes
- False
- on the left side
- False
- a 2D shape
- a sleeping person
- smooth, soft tones
- sphere
- value
- watercolour
- how light or dark it is
- True
- False
- wax crayons
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