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