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