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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 119 · 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.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape

Answer key

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

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