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