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