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