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