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