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