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