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