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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 453 · 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 of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) line
  35. 35.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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