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