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