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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 157 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) form
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) colour

Answer key

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

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