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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 190 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  4. 4.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  23. 23.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. easel
  4. False
  5. form
  6. how light or dark it is
  7. form
  8. a hue, like red or blue
  9. texture
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. shape
  13. True
  14. glue
  15. a sense of near and far
  16. texture
  17. how a surface feels
  18. space
  19. a closed flat outline
  20. a moving dot’s path
  21. space
  22. frame
  23. False
  24. a solid 3D object
  25. False
  26. shape
  27. value
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. True
  30. line
  31. can be seen all round
  32. line
  33. True
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. True
  36. colour
  37. texture
  38. True
  39. a flat 2D area
  40. True

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