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