← The elements of art lesson New set →

Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 640 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a hue, like red or blue
  3. False
  4. False
  5. glue
  6. shape
  7. line
  8. False
  9. True
  10. True
  11. space
  12. False
  13. False
  14. from white to black
  15. colour
  16. a long, thin mark
  17. a solid 3D object
  18. a moving dot’s path
  19. easel
  20. rough, smooth or bumpy
  21. texture
  22. shape
  23. False
  24. only length and width
  25. has height, width, depth
  26. what a rainbow shows
  27. form
  28. how light or dark it is
  29. False
  30. True
  31. frame
  32. a closed flat outline
  33. True
  34. colour
  35. texture
  36. value
  37. True
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids