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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 95 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  13. 13.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  17. 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. frame
  2. True
  3. 7
  4. True
  5. a hue, like red or blue
  6. False
  7. texture
  8. the area around objects
  9. texture
  10. line
  11. glue
  12. how light or dark it is
  13. True
  14. a long, thin mark
  15. how a surface feels
  16. gaps between things
  17. True
  18. only length and width
  19. space
  20. True
  21. True
  22. form
  23. True
  24. a solid 3D object
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. easel
  27. shape
  28. what a rainbow shows
  29. False
  30. texture
  31. a flat 2D area
  32. colour
  33. False
  34. form
  35. rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. value
  37. False
  38. value
  39. space
  40. False

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