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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 661 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  14. 14.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  30. 30.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. value
  3. False
  4. easel
  5. 7
  6. shape
  7. glue
  8. looks furry or scaly
  9. form
  10. a hue, like red or blue
  11. texture
  12. texture
  13. frame
  14. False
  15. texture
  16. shape
  17. value
  18. False
  19. a sense of near and far
  20. the area around objects
  21. how light or dark it is
  22. space
  23. a closed flat outline
  24. colour
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. gaps between things
  30. True
  31. a moving dot’s path
  32. from white to black
  33. True
  34. what a rainbow shows
  35. can be seen all round
  36. line
  37. value
  38. colour
  39. line
  40. space

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