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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 46 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  8. 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  25. 25.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  36. 36.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth

Answer key

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

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