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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 388 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. texture
  3. frame
  4. value
  5. colour
  6. rough, smooth or bumpy
  7. a long, thin mark
  8. from white to black
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. shape
  12. True
  13. can be seen all round
  14. looks furry or scaly
  15. False
  16. a moving dot’s path
  17. only length and width
  18. a solid 3D object
  19. a flat 2D area
  20. space
  21. line
  22. False
  23. True
  24. glue
  25. space
  26. True
  27. False
  28. shape
  29. colour
  30. False
  31. what a rainbow shows
  32. texture
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. how light or dark it is
  39. True
  40. False

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