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Basic Design Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The basic building blocks used to create a work of art are known as the _____________ of art.
a)
Elements
b)
Principles
c)
Components
d)
Features
2.
What type of Balance is this image an example of ?
a)
Symmetrical
b)
Asymmetrical
c)
Formal
d)
Symmetrical & Formal
3.

What principle does this image demonstrate?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Variety in shape and color

c)

Flowers make good subjects in art

4.

What principle does this image demonstrate?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Variety in shape and color

c)

Flowers make good subjects in art

5.
Emphasis refers to the part of art which is what?
a)
The most colorful
b)
In the center
c)
The most dominant
6.
This painting shows which principle?
a)
Emphasis
b)
Symmetry
c)
Movement/Rhythm
7.
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh demonstrates which principle?
a)
Movement/Rhythm
b)
Symmetry
8.
Can a black and white painting such as this painting by Franz Kline show emphasis?
a)
Yes
b)
No
9.
Which two principles does Leslie Shiel's painting demonstrate?
a)
Symmetry & Emphasis
b)
Unity & Asymmetry
10.
What is the emphasis of this photograph?
a)
The green apples around the pepper
b)
The red pepper in the center
c)
The little man peeking through the apples
11.
Which balance is this digital photograph of a dessert which Mrs. Daniels created an example of?
a)
Symmetrical
b)
Asymmetrical
12.
Did this architect use pattern for this design?
a)
yes
b)
no
13.
Is this portrait by Chuck Close symmetrical or asymmetrical?
a)
Asymmetrical
b)
Symmetrical
14.
Which principles did Andy Warhol use in his screen print of Marilyn Monroe?
a)
Emphasis
b)
 Color
c)
Variety & Repetition
15.
This Principle of Design is the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. If the design was a scale, these elements should be balanced to make a design feel stable. Symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial balance are examples of this principle. 
a)
Movement
b)
Emphasis
c)
Pattern
d)
Balance
16.
This Principle of Design catches the viewer’s attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas. The area could be different in size, color, texture, shape, etc. 
a)
Movement
b)
Emphasis
c)
Repetition
d)
Balance
17.
This Principle of Design is the path the viewer’s eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas. It can be directed along lines, edges, shape, and color within the work of art. 
a)
Movement
b)
Repetition
c)
Unity
d)
Emphasis
18.
This Principle of Design is the repeating of an object or symbol all over the work of art.
a)
Balance
b)
Emphasis
c)
Repetition
d)
Pattern
19.
The Principle of Design is created when one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to create a feeling of organized movement. It creates a mood like music or dancing. To keep this principle exciting and active, variety is essential.
a)
Pattern
b)
Repetition
c)
Variety
d)
Rhythm
20.

Balance is the principle where movement leads your eyes to the focal point

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Principle with 2 contrasting elements of art

a)

Complementary

b)

Rhythm

c)

Pattern

d)

Contrast

22.

Unity is when you distribute the visual weight in a painting

a)

True

b)

False

23.

This is an example of...

a)

Contrast

b)

Pattern

c)

Emphasis

d)

Forms

24.

This principle of design has distribution of visual weight in an artwork. The three types are symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Balance

c)

Proportion

d)

Unity

25.

Pattern decorates the artwork with regularly repeated elements such as shapes or color.

a)

Contrast

b)

Balance

c)

Pattern

d)

Proportion

26.

Is the difference between elements in a composition. This can happen through a variety of elements such as value change, size difference, etc

a)

Unity

b)

Emphasis

c)

Movement

d)

Contrast

27.

is the creation of a focal point in an artwork.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Symmetrical Balance

c)

Unity

d)

Proportion

28.

This design refers to the dimensions of a composition and relationships between height, width and depth. It is used will affect how realistic or stylised something seems

a)

Asymmetrical Balance

b)

Contrast

c)

Movement

d)

Proportion

29.

the imposition of order and harmony on a design

a)

Unity

b)

Radial Balance

c)

Contrast

d)

Emphasis

30.

This design helps the eye travels through an artwork. It can lead the viewer from one aspect to another within the composition

a)

Line

b)

Contrast

c)

Movement

d)

Pattern

31.

When all of the elements in a work look as though they belong together it is called

a)

form

b)

unity

c)

contrast

d)

emphasis

32.

This is used to create dominance and focus as a work if art

a)

Unity

b)

Movement

c)

Line

d)

Emphasis

33.

This is the repetition of visual Movement- Colors, shapes, or lines

a)

Rhythm

b)

Movement

c)

Value

d)

Unity

34.

The distribution of visual weight in a work of art is known as

a)

Balance

b)

Contrast

c)

Space

d)

Emphasis

35.

This refers to differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements. Opposites on the color wheel and on a value scale also apply to this.

a)

Color

b)

Balance

c)

Contrast

d)

Value

36.
Which element does this picture illustrate?
a)
line
b)
texture
c)
color
d)
form
37.
What element is represented here?
a)
form
b)
line
c)
value
d)
texture
38.
How many shapes are organic?
a)
two
b)
three
c)
four
d)
all
39.
What does a form have that a shape does not have?
a)
color
b)
depth
c)
height and width
d)
texture
40.
What about colors does this chart represent?
a)
warm
b)
cool
c)
primary
d)
complimentary
41.
Adding black or white to a hue creates ____?
a)
2 dimensions
b)
proportion
c)
value
d)
a color scheme
42.
Which of the following are SECONDARY colors?
a)
pink, lime, teal
b)
orange, violet, green
c)
red, blue, yellow
d)
red-orange, blue-violet, yellow-green
43.
This is an example of which element of art?
a)
value
b)
perspective
c)
color scheme
d)
texture
44.

An area of enclosed space is called a

a)

line

b)

shape

c)

space

d)

place

45.

An organic shape is a shape that

a)

is made of natural ingredients

b)

is irregular, or has no defined name

c)

is easily named

46.

A geometric shape is a shape that

a)

is irregular

b)

is easily named, like a circle, square, or triangle

c)

is not a shape

47.

What is form?

a)

When an object is, or appears to be, three dimensional.

b)

A shape that is irregular.

c)

A tone.

48.

What is value?

a)

When an object is 3D

b)

A mark on paper

c)

The lightness or darkness of a color

49.

What is space?

a)

An irregular shape

b)

Creating a sense of depth using positive and negative areas

c)

the lightness and darkness of a color

50.

What is color?

a)

The way our eye perceives light, creating a variety of hues

b)

When an object is 3D

c)

When an artwork is black and white

51.

What is texture?

a)

When an object is 3D

b)

The way our eye perceives light

c)

The way an object feels, or looks like it would feel

52.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

Line

b)

Form

c)

Shape

d)

Textrue

53.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

space

b)

form

c)

shape

d)

line

54.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

texture

b)

form

c)

line

d)

space

55.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

line

b)

color

c)

texture

d)

space

56.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

line

b)

value

c)

texture

d)

space

57.

What element of art is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

line

b)

space

c)

value

d)

color

58.

What is value?

a)

A mark on a surface that describes a shape or an outline

b)

A 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness.

c)

The degree of light and dark in a design.

d)

Refers to light that is reflected off objects and has three properties, hue, intensity and value.

59.

What is texture?

a)

Overlap, Shading, Placement, Size, Value and Focus, Linear Perspective

b)

Your eye level line; the place where land and sky appear to meet.

c)

The colors obtained by mixing a primary color and an adjacent secondary color

d)

Refers to surface quality, either tactile or visual

60.

Blue, red and yellow

a)

What are the primary colors?

b)

What are the secondary colors?

c)

What are the tertiary colors?

d)

What are the analogous colors?

61.

A mark on a surface that describes a shape or an outline

a)

Shape

b)

Line

c)

Form

d)

3-D

62.

What is shape?

a)

A 2-dimensional line with no form, end, or thickness that can be placed into one of two categories, geometric or organic.

b)

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

c)

A mark on a surface that describes a shape or an outline

d)

A 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness.

63.

A 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness.

a)

What is volume?

b)

What is form?

c)

What is texture?

d)

What is shape?

64.

The area between and around objects.

a)

What is shape?

b)

What is space?

c)

What is texture?

d)

What is line?

65.
The surface quality or ______________ is how things are seen or felt. 
a)
Shape
b)
fuzzy
c)
Texture
66.
A ______________ can be long, short, diagonal, vertical, squiggly, thick or thin.
a)
Line
b)
Space
c)
Value
67.
What element of art is best represented in this picture?
a)
Color
b)
Line
c)
Shape
d)
Form

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