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