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