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