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