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