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