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