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