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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 435 · 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) texture (c) space (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  10. 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. texture
  3. form
  4. space
  5. True
  6. True
  7. space
  8. False
  9. how a surface feels
  10. True
  11. False
  12. value
  13. a moving dot’s path
  14. glue
  15. the area around objects
  16. True
  17. True
  18. frame
  19. space
  20. a solid 3D object
  21. easel
  22. how light or dark it is
  23. True
  24. rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. a hue, like red or blue
  26. False
  27. True
  28. colour
  29. what a rainbow shows
  30. value
  31. False
  32. value
  33. a long, thin mark
  34. True
  35. False
  36. colour
  37. has height, width, depth
  38. from white to black
  39. a closed flat outline
  40. False

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