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