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