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