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