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