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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 87 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  16. 16.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. form
  3. colour
  4. texture
  5. looks furry or scaly
  6. shape
  7. the area around objects
  8. True
  9. a flat 2D area
  10. a sense of near and far
  11. value
  12. line
  13. True
  14. False
  15. from white to black
  16. False
  17. False
  18. True
  19. value
  20. True
  21. a long, thin mark
  22. False
  23. glue
  24. space
  25. how light or dark it is
  26. form
  27. easel
  28. True
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. texture
  31. shape
  32. False
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. has height, width, depth
  35. a solid 3D object
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a hue, like red or blue
  40. how a surface feels

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