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