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