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