Elements of Art Worksheet
Artist's tip (Seven building blocks): Line = a moving dot’s path; shape = flat (2D); form = solid (3D). Colour = hue (red, blue …); texture = how it feels (rough, smooth, furry). Space = the area around and between things; value = light to dark, from white to black.
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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 the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
- 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
- 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 7.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
- 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
- 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
- 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
- 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
- 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) line
- 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
- 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
- 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
- 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
- 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
- 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
- 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
- 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
- 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
- 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
- 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
- 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
- 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) space
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
- 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
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- a solid 3D object
- has height, width, depth
- True
- a moving dot’s path
- easel
- False
- a flat 2D area
- space
- a hue, like red or blue
- value
- texture
- texture
- shape
- value
- space
- what a rainbow shows
- a closed flat outline
- False
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- True
- False
- frame
- value
- glue
- False
- how a surface feels
- True
- from white to black
- how light or dark it is
- False
- a long, thin mark
- form
- texture
- colour
- gaps between things
- a sense of near and far
- form
- line
- True
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