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