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