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