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