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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 567 · 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 element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  7. 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  15. 15.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. form
  3. shape
  4. False
  5. line
  6. texture
  7. False
  8. frame
  9. glue
  10. True
  11. False
  12. form
  13. a solid 3D object
  14. space
  15. False
  16. False
  17. texture
  18. shape
  19. easel
  20. form
  21. True
  22. value
  23. from white to black
  24. True
  25. colour
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. False
  28. True
  29. how light or dark it is
  30. False
  31. shape
  32. texture
  33. space
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. has height, width, depth
  37. gaps between things
  38. a closed flat outline
  39. False
  40. False

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