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