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