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