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Elements of Art Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. glue
  3. form
  4. line
  5. 7
  6. True
  7. space
  8. texture
  9. form
  10. texture
  11. frame
  12. shape
  13. only length and width
  14. can be seen all round
  15. the area around objects
  16. rough, smooth or bumpy
  17. easel
  18. value
  19. from white to black
  20. a flat 2D area
  21. value
  22. True
  23. True
  24. a solid 3D object
  25. True
  26. False
  27. a long, thin mark
  28. False
  29. False
  30. texture
  31. texture
  32. how light or dark it is
  33. True
  34. a sense of near and far
  35. has height, width, depth
  36. True
  37. shape
  38. True
  39. True
  40. colour

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