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