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