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