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