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