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Elements of Art Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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