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