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