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