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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 560 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  10. 10.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  38. 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. shape
  4. space
  5. True
  6. texture
  7. shape
  8. form
  9. shape
  10. False
  11. colour
  12. True
  13. what a rainbow shows
  14. a moving dot’s path
  15. form
  16. value
  17. a sense of near and far
  18. easel
  19. value
  20. a solid 3D object
  21. the area around objects
  22. frame
  23. a hue, like red or blue
  24. False
  25. line
  26. False
  27. can be seen all round
  28. has height, width, depth
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. value
  33. True
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. texture
  36. True
  37. from white to black
  38. True
  39. True
  40. line

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