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