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