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