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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 120 · 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: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
  10. 10.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  27. 27.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  36. 36.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) line

Answer key

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

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