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