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