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