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