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