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