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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 450 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  5. 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  26. 26.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) space
  34. 34.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. texture
  3. texture
  4. form
  5. False
  6. a moving dot’s path
  7. a hue, like red or blue
  8. how light or dark it is
  9. frame
  10. shape
  11. False
  12. a closed flat outline
  13. the area around objects
  14. glue
  15. easel
  16. shape
  17. space
  18. True
  19. colour
  20. value
  21. only length and width
  22. texture
  23. a solid 3D object
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. can be seen all round
  26. False
  27. a sense of near and far
  28. False
  29. what a rainbow shows
  30. line
  31. False
  32. True
  33. space
  34. True
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. False
  37. line
  38. True
  39. how a surface feels
  40. False

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