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