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