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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 700 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  28. 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) a sense of near and far
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  37. 37.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture

Answer key

  1. colour
  2. 7
  3. frame
  4. True
  5. line
  6. only length and width
  7. rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. True
  9. texture
  10. what a rainbow shows
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. True
  13. shape
  14. form
  15. has height, width, depth
  16. the area around objects
  17. value
  18. False
  19. shape
  20. space
  21. value
  22. False
  23. gaps between things
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. how a surface feels
  28. texture
  29. a closed flat outline
  30. True
  31. looks furry or scaly
  32. True
  33. form
  34. how light or dark it is
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. easel
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. texture

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