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Elements of Art Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. glue
  4. line
  5. space
  6. space
  7. texture
  8. texture
  9. a closed flat outline
  10. False
  11. False
  12. a solid 3D object
  13. how a surface feels
  14. form
  15. True
  16. value
  17. has height, width, depth
  18. line
  19. space
  20. only length and width
  21. False
  22. rough, smooth or bumpy
  23. frame
  24. shape
  25. True
  26. a flat 2D area
  27. colour
  28. texture
  29. form
  30. shape
  31. looks furry or scaly
  32. a moving dot’s path
  33. can be seen all round
  34. False
  35. value
  36. easel
  37. what a rainbow shows
  38. False
  39. colour
  40. True

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