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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 490 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  3. 3.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) line

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. frame
  3. False
  4. 7
  5. a closed flat outline
  6. gaps between things
  7. form
  8. form
  9. value
  10. line
  11. value
  12. False
  13. glue
  14. space
  15. easel
  16. shape
  17. False
  18. False
  19. colour
  20. False
  21. a long, thin mark
  22. a hue, like red or blue
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. value
  32. the area around objects
  33. True
  34. a solid 3D object
  35. True
  36. True
  37. True
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. shape
  40. shape

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