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