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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 230 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  9. 9.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  18. 18.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  22. 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. a moving dot’s path
  4. a solid 3D object
  5. form
  6. False
  7. shape
  8. colour
  9. False
  10. frame
  11. shape
  12. False
  13. a sense of near and far
  14. form
  15. value
  16. True
  17. value
  18. True
  19. True
  20. from white to black
  21. texture
  22. False
  23. texture
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. line
  30. False
  31. texture
  32. False
  33. looks furry or scaly
  34. True
  35. what a rainbow shows
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. line
  38. False
  39. easel
  40. True

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