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