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