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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 144 · 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.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. glue
  2. 7
  3. shape
  4. False
  5. False
  6. value
  7. space
  8. has height, width, depth
  9. False
  10. easel
  11. frame
  12. gaps between things
  13. False
  14. line
  15. a solid 3D object
  16. True
  17. a sense of near and far
  18. how light or dark it is
  19. texture
  20. the area around objects
  21. form
  22. False
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. from white to black
  25. rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. value
  27. True
  28. texture
  29. False
  30. True
  31. looks furry or scaly
  32. colour
  33. line
  34. False
  35. how a surface feels
  36. a moving dot’s path
  37. False
  38. space
  39. colour
  40. True

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