← The elements of art lesson New set →

Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 662 · 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.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  25. 25.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. texture
  4. a moving dot’s path
  5. True
  6. form
  7. a long, thin mark
  8. what a rainbow shows
  9. value
  10. easel
  11. gaps between things
  12. False
  13. shape
  14. from white to black
  15. frame
  16. False
  17. texture
  18. False
  19. a flat 2D area
  20. False
  21. line
  22. a sense of near and far
  23. shape
  24. how a surface feels
  25. False
  26. texture
  27. False
  28. False
  29. colour
  30. how light or dark it is
  31. has height, width, depth
  32. True
  33. False
  34. line
  35. form
  36. glue
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. value

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