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