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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 736 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) a sense of near and far
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  12. 12.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far

Answer key

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

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