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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 81 · 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) value (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  4. 4.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  6. 6.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) from white to black
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  23. 23.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy

Answer key

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

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