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