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