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