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