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