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