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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 493 · 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 “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  2. 2.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  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 texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  8. 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  10. 10.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  16. 16.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  21. 21.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) colour

Answer key

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

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