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