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