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