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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 740 · 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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  7. 7.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  18. 18.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) space
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  29. 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. only length and width
  4. False
  5. shape
  6. has height, width, depth
  7. False
  8. texture
  9. False
  10. how a surface feels
  11. from white to black
  12. a sense of near and far
  13. True
  14. a hue, like red or blue
  15. False
  16. True
  17. easel
  18. False
  19. space
  20. False
  21. texture
  22. form
  23. frame
  24. form
  25. space
  26. value
  27. form
  28. line
  29. False
  30. gaps between things
  31. how light or dark it is
  32. a flat 2D area
  33. False
  34. glue
  35. shape
  36. True
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. what a rainbow shows
  39. True
  40. a closed flat outline

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