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