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