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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 104 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  11. 11.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. space
  4. the area around objects
  5. shape
  6. a flat 2D area
  7. a moving dot’s path
  8. True
  9. True
  10. shape
  11. True
  12. space
  13. texture
  14. texture
  15. frame
  16. False
  17. line
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. looks furry or scaly
  20. False
  21. glue
  22. form
  23. True
  24. how a surface feels
  25. a solid 3D object
  26. line
  27. easel
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. rough, smooth or bumpy
  30. False
  31. value
  32. True
  33. a hue, like red or blue
  34. colour
  35. False
  36. texture
  37. colour
  38. what a rainbow shows
  39. True
  40. has height, width, depth

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