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 looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) stitches on cloth (d) a flag in the wind
- 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
- 3.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
- 5.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the background. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a snail shell (c) a jalebi (d) dashes on a road
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
- 8.What do we use masking tape for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
- 12.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
- 13.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 14.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
- 15.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
- 16.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 18.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
- 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 21.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
- 22.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
- 23.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 25.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
- 27.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) looks bigger
- 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the part farthest away (c) far hills and the sky (d) the bottom of the page
- 30.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
- 32.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the frame (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the horizon line
- 34.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
- 35.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 36.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) use an eraser (c) press harder (d) press lighter
- 37.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a person standing tall
- 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 39.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
Answer key
- a lightning bolt
- soft, dark marks
- False
- cube
- True
- dashes on a road
- shape
- holding paper flat
- 7
- oil pastels
- colour
- watercolour
- 9
- blend with a fingertip
- on the right side
- False
- bristles up or flat
- a 3D form
- False
- what a rainbow shows
- True
- holding a board upright
- False
- zigzag lines
- zigzag line
- diagonal lines
- looks smaller
- masking tape
- the bottom of the page
- True
- line
- False
- on the horizon line
- 1
- good brush care
- press harder
- a playground slide
- far away
- True
- a falling tree
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