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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 80 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) has height, width, depth
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  26. 26.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. space
  3. line
  4. shape
  5. space
  6. False
  7. frame
  8. glue
  9. 7
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. False
  12. only length and width
  13. True
  14. a moving dot’s path
  15. True
  16. what a rainbow shows
  17. colour
  18. form
  19. texture
  20. from white to black
  21. a closed flat outline
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. shape
  24. gaps between things
  25. looks furry or scaly
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. colour
  32. a hue, like red or blue
  33. value
  34. how a surface feels
  35. True
  36. form
  37. easel
  38. False
  39. a sense of near and far
  40. rough, smooth or bumpy

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