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