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