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