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