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