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