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.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a water pipe (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
- 4.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cuboid
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) triangle (d) rectangle
- 6.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 9.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) border (c) horizon (d) focal point
- 10.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) farther away (c) taller (d) younger
- 11.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 12.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
- 13.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) stitches on cloth (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
- 14.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
- 15.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) soft, light washes
- 16.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) criss-cross lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
- 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 18.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
- 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 23.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
- 25.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) criss-cross lines
- 26.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
- 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
- 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) pencil
- 30.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
- 31.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 32.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a laser beam (d) stitches on cloth
- 33.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
- 34.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
- 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
- 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
- 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
Answer key
- 7
- a sugar cube
- reshaping the tip
- cone
- sphere
- True
- False
- hard, light marks
- focal point
- farther away
- dotted or broken line
- many parallel lines
- stitches on cloth
- a tall lamp post
- hard, waxy sticks
- smudging with a finger
- middle ground
- False
- False
- False
- 4
- near the viewer
- light value
- texture
- criss-cross lines
- False
- shadow side
- vertical lines
- watercolour
- a wide flat brush
- geometric shape
- a laser beam
- 12
- False
- False
- wax crayons
- pencil
- medium marks
- False
- sits lower on the page
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