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