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