← The elements of art lesson New set →

Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 449 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. glue
  4. looks furry or scaly
  5. True
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. True
  8. False
  9. space
  10. easel
  11. line
  12. from white to black
  13. True
  14. True
  15. texture
  16. space
  17. only length and width
  18. form
  19. shape
  20. form
  21. shape
  22. texture
  23. can be seen all round
  24. a solid 3D object
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. frame
  28. value
  29. True
  30. True
  31. colour
  32. a closed flat outline
  33. space
  34. gaps between things
  35. True
  36. how a surface feels
  37. line
  38. False
  39. value
  40. a moving dot’s path

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids