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Elements of Art

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How things feel or look as though they might feel if touched is called?

a)

Texture

b)

Line

c)

Form

d)

Space

2.

A path of a dot (or point) through space is called?

a)

Shape

b)

Value

c)

Line

3.

This element is NOT flat.

a)

Shape

b)

Form

c)

Texture

4.

This element can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, zig-zag is called?

a)

Color

b)

Texture

c)

Line

5.

An area around, below, above, or between things is called?

a)

Form

b)

Space

c)

Value

6.

This element gives reference to lighting or shadows.

a)

Color

b)

Value

c)

Space

7.

This element is three dimensional.

a)

form

b)

Shape

c)

Value

8.
The element of art that refers to the surface quality of an object or the way something feels such as rough-smooth
a)
shape
b)
texture
c)
color
d)
line
9.

Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be _______________________.

a)

bright

b)

complementary

c)

dull

d)

triadic

10.

What is this called?

a)

Colour Circle

b)

Colour Prism

c)

Colour Wheel

d)

Colour Spectrum

11.

A gray scale measures...

a)

Volume change

b)

Space change

c)

Shape change

d)

Value change

12.

What type of shadow is shown here?

a)

Core Shadow

b)

Cast shadow

c)

My Shadow

d)

Moon Shadow

13.

What area of value are the arrows pointing on these spheres?

a)

Core Shadow

b)

Cast shadow

c)

Highlight

d)

Reflected light

14.

What type of shadow is the blue line pointing to?

a)

Core Shadow

b)

Cast shadow

c)

Highlight

d)

Reflected light

15.

What are the secondary colors?

a)

Orange, Green, Purple

b)

Green, Blue-Green, Orange

c)

Rainbow

d)

Purple, Orange, Blue

16.

What are complementary colors?

a)

Black, Gray, Orange

b)

Colors that are side by side on the color wheel.

c)

Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.

d)

None of the above

17.
To create a tint, you must add what?
a)
black
b)
white
c)
lots of water
d)
two primaries
18.

To create a shade, you must add what?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

lots of water

d)

primary colors

19.

Which of these is a couple of complementary colors?

a)

Yellow and purple

b)

Blue and green

20.
_____ colors are more subtle hues which are achieved by mixing a primary and a secondary color that are adjacent on the color wheel.
a)
Tertiary
b)
Analogous
c)
Complementary
d)
Feminine
21.

What type of line is this?

a)

straight line

b)

zigzag line

c)

spiral line

d)

diagonal line

22.

This picture is a type of what line?

a)

wavy

b)

broken

c)

zigzag

d)

spiral

23.

Which is an example of diagonal lines?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

Which is a curved line?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

A drawing technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing closely parallel lines.

a)

Stippling

b)

Blending

c)

Scumbling

d)

Hatching

26.

A technique of shading so that there is a gentle and gradual transition from one to the other.

a)

Value

b)

Blending

c)

Stippling

d)

Hatching

27.
Name this painting
a)
Mona Lisa
b)
The Lady
c)
Las Meninas
28.
Name this painting
a)
The Night Watch
b)
Starry Night
c)
I and the Village
29.

The area of the drawing or painting’s composition that the subject occupies (the subject itself) is called: (image on left)

a)

Positive Space

b)

Negative Space

c)

Neutral Space

30.

Texture of an actual object that you touch is called

a)

real

b)

imaginary

c)

implied

d)

fake

31.

Illusion of texture can be achieved by the use of

a)

lines

b)

shapes

c)

patterns

d)

strokes

e)

all the above

32.

Square, Circle and Triangle are examples of what kind of shapes?

(a)  

33.

what is the name of this form?

a)

triangle

b)

rectangular prism

c)

pyramid

d)

cube

34.

what is this an image of?

a)

pyramid

b)

cylinder

c)

cube

d)

rectangular prism

35.
What is the name of a shape that is not geometric?
a)
geodesic
b)
spherical
c)
organic
d)
linear
36.
What is a line that connects to itself forming a flat area that is either organic or geometric?
a)
scale
b)
medium
c)
tone
d)
shape
37.
What type of shapes are created in the negative space?
a)
Geometric
b)
Positive
c)
Organic
d)
Shapes I can't draw
38.

Which picture below looks like this shape?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

What are the two main types of space?

a)

light and dark

b)

negative and positive

c)

long and short

d)

near and far

40.

The objects farthest away from the viewer fall in?

a)

foreground

b)

middle ground

c)

background

d)

distance