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