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Elements of Art Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. glue
  2. 7
  3. from white to black
  4. texture
  5. shape
  6. False
  7. False
  8. shape
  9. False
  10. value
  11. a closed flat outline
  12. frame
  13. texture
  14. how light or dark it is
  15. True
  16. False
  17. line
  18. how a surface feels
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. gaps between things
  27. True
  28. False
  29. colour
  30. easel
  31. rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. value
  33. False
  34. True
  35. colour
  36. line
  37. space
  38. only length and width
  39. space
  40. a long, thin mark

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