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