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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 74 · 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.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) colour

Answer key

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

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