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