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