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