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