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