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