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