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