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