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