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