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WorksheetsElements of Art Test 2025-2026-2024
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 28mins
Elements of Art
The basic components, or building blocks, used to create works of art.
It is a mixture of different line types and personalities.
Art that emphasizes design, or whose basic character has little visual reference to real or natural things.
Repetition of a surface.
Color
Elements of art derived from reflected light. Hue, intensity, and value.
Refers to the quality of light in a color.
Artwork with many lights valued colors.
Ray of light separates into individual bands of color.
Form
Are lines that hold a design together.
To convey a specific mood or feeling.
To the outer edge of a silhouette, or the line made by the edges of an object.
Element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses space.
Value
The elements and principles of art.
The basic components, or building blocks used to create works of art.
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
Distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
Texture
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Appeals to the sense of touch.
The surface of a drawing.
Space
Distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
The realistic or lifelike representation of the subject.
Two or more lines that get closer and closer towards the end.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Line
Elements of art that is continuous mark made on a surface by a pointed instrument.
The second step of art criticism during which the principles of art are used to learn how an artwork is organized.
Leaning or diagonal shapes suggest falling, running, or climbing.
Are straight edged.
Sketch
A work that uses mainly dark-valued.
Drawing done quickly in preparation for a finished artwork.
When designers and artist use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Drawing done without measuring tools.
Shape
Elements of art that is the distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
An artist's representation of a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface.
Elements of art that is an enclosed area determined by line, value, texture, space, or any combination of these elements.
Element of art derived from reflected light.
Principles of Art
A drawing done quickly in preparation for a finished artwork.
Group of objects arranged as a subject for drawing.
The different ways the elements of art can be used in a work of art.
Use of media to create a finished artwork.
Crosshatching
A technique in which objects in a drawing have three vanishing points.
A technique for a perspective that shows different sets of receding lines converging, or meeting, at different vanishing points.
Drawing to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another.
Two or more lines that get closer and closer towards the end
Visual Vocabulary
The elements and principles of art.
A work that uses mainly dark-valued.
Refers to the quality of a light in a color.
The second step of art criticism, during which the principles of art are used to learn how an artwork is organized or composed.
Calligraphy
It is precise and sharply defined.
Artwork with many light-valued colors.
A technique in which objects in a drawing have three vanishing points.
Beautiful handwriting.
Picture Plane
Finely ground colored powders.
Works with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
It is precise and sharply defined.
Surface of a drawing.
Contour Line
Lines are made from a combination of diagonal lines.
It is a series of points that the viewer’s eyes automatically connect.
Defines the edges and surface ridges of an object.
It can curve gradually or not at all, become wavy, or form spirals.
Gesture Line
It is an expressive movement.
In a perspective drawing is the line that appears at “eye level.”
It is the path the viewer's eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas.
The part of the artwork that lies between the foreground and the background.
Complementary Colors
Artwork with many lights valued colors.
Using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
The different ways the elements of art can be used in a work of art.
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are the neutral colors?
Black, gray, and yellow.
Black, gray, and green.
Black, white, and blue.
Black, white, and gray.
What are the secondary colors?
Green, violet, and red
Red, green, and orange.
Green, orange, and violet.
Orange, blue, and violet.
What are the primary colors?
Blue, yellow, and green.
Red, blue, and yellow.
Red, orange, and pink.
Orange, green, red-orange.
Stippling
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering a variety of subjects from the humorous to the political.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Adding white to a hue.
Rendering light and dark gradations of value in a drawing by making a pattern of dots.
Tint
It is a useful tool for organizing color.
A light value of a hue is created by adding white.
The dark value of a hue is created by adding black.
Is the solvent for watercolors and tempera.
Three point perspective
The elements and principles of art.
Suggested or implied texture.
A technique in which objects in a drawing have three vanishing points-two on the horizon and one above or below it.
Tool used to draw horizontal lines.
Shade
A dark value of a hue is created by adding black.
The liquid controls the thickness or the thinness of the paint.
Finely ground, color powders that form paint when mixed with a binder.
Pigments that dissolve in liquid.
Two point perspective
A technique for perspective that shows different sets of receding lines converging, or meeting, at different vanishing points.
Quality of a material that allows some light to pass through.
Appealing to the sense of touch.
Imaginary line dividing a figure in half vertically.
Horizon Line
Theory of art that focuses on expressive qualities.
Drawings that are wider than they are long.
An enclosed space.
A line that divides the sky from the ground or a body of water.
One point perspective
Empty space surrounding a shape or form.
Work of art that uses natural scenery as subject matter.
A technique for perspective in which the lines formed by the sides of the road, walk, or track seem to come together at a vanishing point on the horizon.
Works of art painted and drawn directly on walls.
Vanishing Point
Contrasting elements in a work of art to create visual interest.
Elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
The point on the horizon.
A quick drawing.
Perspective
An artist's representation of a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surfaces.
Group of objects arranged as a subject for drawing.
Use of media to create a finished artwork.
The use of light and shadow to give a feeling of depth.
Converge Line
Two or more lines that get closer and closer towards the end.
An early twentieth-century movement. Small squares or cubes.
A technique for perspective in which the lines formed by the sides of the road, walk, or track seem to come together at a vanishing point.
Rendering light and dark gradations of value in a drawing by making a pattern of dots.
Freehand Drawing
A drawing without tools.
Theory of art that focuses on expressive qualities.
The point on the horizon.
Are precise and sharply defined.
Realistic
Distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
The elements and principles of art.
Work of art that uses natural scenery as subject matter.
Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal.
Background
Is a mixture of different line types and personalities.
Refers to the quality of a light in a color.
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
The parts of an artwork that lie in the distance and appear to be behind objects in the foreground.
Proportion
Combine elements in a work of art to create size relationship of elements to the whole artwork and to each other.
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Colors that are opposite to each other on the color wheel.
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering the humorous to the political.
Foreground
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering a variety of subjects from the humorous to the political.
The part of a work of art that appears to be in the front, nearest to the viewer.
An artist who creates moving cartoons.
A work that uses mainly dark-valued.
Rhythm
Principle of art that repeats elements in a work of art to create a visual tempo.
Symbols or trademarks that are immediately recognizable.
Principle of art that combines elements in a work of art to create illusion of action.
Works with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
Landscape
Work with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
Empty space surrounding a shape or form.
Works of art painted and drawn directly on walls.
Work of art that uses natural scenery as subject matter.
Movement
Works with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
Works of art painted and drawn directly on walls.
Work of art that uses natural scenery as subject matter.
The principle of art creates the illusion of action.
Gradation
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
Drawing done without measuring tools.
Principle of art by using a series of gradual changes.
A story told to make people laugh.
Harmony
A figure that appears a little taller than life-sized.
Principle of art that combines in a work of art to stress similarities.
A story told to make people laugh.
The empty space between the shapes or forms.
Judgment
A balance in which a variety of different objects that have approximately equal visual weight are placed on either side of the central axis.
Two-dimensional work of art created with such items as paper, cloth, photographs, and found objects.
Materials used by an artist to create a work of art.
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
Aesthetic
A branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature and value of art.
A group of nonmoving objects that are subject matter for a work of art.
A balance in which a variety of different objects that have approximately equal visual weight are placed on either side of the central axis.
Arranges elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
Art Criticism
Combine elements in a work of art to create size relationship of elements to the whole artwork and to each other.
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
The basic components, or building blocks used to create works of art.
Contrasting elements in a work of art to create visual interest.
Outline
Quality of a material that allows some light to pass through.
The line surrounding a picture, highlighting the edges without any shade or texture.
An art movement that used bold, bright colors to express emotion.
Appealing to sense of touch.
Emotionalism
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
Theory of art that concentrates on design or visual qualities.
Theory of art that focuses on expressive qualities.
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
Mural
Collection of samples of an artist's work.
Group of objects arranged as a subject for drawing.
Works of art painted and drawn directly on walls.
The use of light and shadow to give a feeling of depth.
Still-Life
Suggested or implied texture.
Print made from an inked wood block.
Tool used to draw a horizontal line.
A group of nonmoving objects that are subject matter for a work of art.
Collage
Theory of art that concentrates on design or visual qualities.
Two-dimensional works of art created with such items as paper, cloth, etc.
Drawing that concentrate on design qualities.
Shadows on the side of forms away from the light source.
Overlapping
Objects placed in front of other objects, partially concealing those behinds, seem closer.
Objects in the background are smaller than those in the foreground.
Foreground objects appear darker in value than those in the background.
Details of distant objects seem less clear and precise than those in the foreground.
Cartoons
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering humorous to the political.
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
An artist who creates moving cartoons.
Elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
Asymmetrical
Either side of a vertical axis is identical.
Either side of a vertical axis is not identical.
It is a way to create the illusion of depth in an artwork.
The principle of design repeats elements to create the illusion of movement.
Blind Contour Drawing
Is a mixture of different line types and personalities.
A work that uses mainly dark-valued.
A ray of light separates into individual bands of color.
An exercise in which you concentrate on the contours of the object you are drawing and avoid looking at your paper.
Symmetrical
A drawing done without tools.
Either side of a vertical axis is identical.
A large painting that covers a wall or is painted directly onto a wall.
Any materials used to create art.
Balance
A skilled craftperson.
Area of a picture that appears farthest from the viewers.
The principle of art creates a sense of stability.
Shadows cast by shapes onto other surfaces.
Emphasis
Principle of art that combines elements in a work of art to stress similarities.
Principle of art that combines elements in a work of art to point out their differences.
The way the elements and principles of art are combined.
An art movement that used bold, bright colors to express emotion.
Interpretation
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
The second step of art criticism during which the principles of art are used to learn how an artwork is organized or composed.
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
The third step art criticism. It involves using the “clues” gathered during your analysis of a drawing to reach a decision about its meaning(or meanings).
Unity
The total visual effect is achieved by carefully blending the elements and principles of art in a composition.
Area of a picture that appears farthest from the viewer.
The area of a picture that appears closet to the viewer.
Drawing in which the shapes reach the edges of the working area.
Variety
Elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
Contrasting elements in a work of art to create visual interest.
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
Abstract
Rendering light and dark gradations of value in a drawing by making a pattern of dots.
Two or more lines that get closer and closer towards the end.
Art that emphasizes design, or whose basic character, has little visual reference to real or natural things.
The realistic or lifelike representation of the subject.
Cubism
A technique for a perspective that shows different sets of receding lines converging, or meeting, at different vanishing points.
An early twentieth-century movement. Small squares or cubes.
To convey a specific mood or feeling.
The elements and principles of art.
Monochromatic Colors
The color scheme uses only one hue and the tints and shades of that hue.
It is the brightness or dullness of a hue.
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Finely ground, color powders that form paint when mixed with a binder.
Shading
Works with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
The line surrounding a picture, highlighting the edges without any shade or texture.
A technique for perspective in which the lines formed by the sides of the road, walk, or track seem to come together at a vanishing point.
The lines and marks used in a drawing or painting to show the different patterns in color and dark.
Analogous Colors
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
The elements and principles of art.
The surface of a drawing.
Colors that are opposite to each other on the color wheel.
Hue
Refers to the name of a color.
Rendering light and dark gradations of value in a drawing by making a pattern of dots.
The beam of white light is bent and separated into bands of color.
Are the tangible, actual aspects of a design.
Intensity
It is the brightness or dullness of a hue.
A pure or bright hue.
The liquid control the thickness or the thinness of the paint.
Are dull hues.
Pattern
Repetition of a surface.
Are precise and sharply defined.
The different ways used in the work of art.
A drawing without tools.
Linear Perspective
Decreasing the intensity of hues for objects that appear farther back in a composition.
A balance in which a variety of different objects that have approximately equal visual weight are placed on either side of the central axis.
An art style that attempted to reproduce what the eyes see at a specific moment in time, rather than what the mind knows is there.
Creating the illusion of depth for three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface known as a picture plane.
Formalism
The different ways the elements of art can be used in a work of art
Theory of art that focuses on expressive qualities.
Theory of art that concentrates on a design or visual qualities.
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Imitationalism
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering a variety of subjects from the humorous to the political.
Theory of art that focuses on the literal or realistic qualities of artworks.
An organized approach for studying, understanding, and judging artworks.
Involves three equally spaced hues on the color wheel.
Analysis
The second step of art criticism during which the principles of art are used to learn how an artwork is organized or composed.
An early twentieth-century movement. Small squares or cubes.
Represent rolling, turning, curling, or bending.
Sometimes called movement lines, emphasize direction and fluidity.
Craftmanship
Drawing used to tell a story, give instructions, or make a product look attractive.
A line that divides the sky from the ground or body of water.
The quality of design and work shown in something made by hand; artistry.
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
What are the warm colors?
Blue, green, yellow, red, blue-green, and violet.
Red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, and yellow-green.
yellow, yellow-green, red-violent, blue-green, red, and blue.
Blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green, red, and red-orange.
Color Wheel
Refers to the quality of a light in a color.
A work that uses mainly dark-valued.
A ray of light separates into individual bands of color.
A useful tool for organizing colors.
What are the cool colors?
Green, blue, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-violet, and violet.
Blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, red, yellow-green, and blue.
Red-violet, violet, blue-violet, blue, blue-green, and, green.
Yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, and violet.
Pigment
Two or more lines that get closer and closer toward the end.
Refers to the quality of light in a color.
The realistic or lifelike representation of the subject.
Finely ground-colored powders.
Medium
Any material used to create art.
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
What are all the colors on the color wheel?
Green, blue,
Purple, red,
Yellow-orange, blue- green,
white, orange-red,
Green-blue, and blue-violet,
Blue- green,
orange-yellow,
Purple, red,
Red-orange, blue-violet,
Yellow-orange, and red-violent.
Pink, orange,
Black, white,
Gray, yellow,
Purple, blue,
Red-orange, green
Yellow-orange, and blue-violet.
Violet, Yellow, Yellow-orange, blue, Orange, Green, Red-violet, Red-Orange, Blue-violet, Blue-green, Yellow-green, and red.
Atmospheric Perspective
Decreasing the intensity of hues for objects that appear farther back in a composition.
Principle of art that arranges elements in a work to create a sense of stability.
Area of a picture that appears furthest from the viewer.
Outline dialogue or thought of a character in a comic strip panel.
Color Spectrum
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering the humorous to the political.
Ray of light separates into individual bands of color.
The beam of white light is bent and separated into bands of color.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Middle Ground
Works with no objects or subjects that can be readily identified.
The part of the artwork that lies between the foreground and the background.
The parts of an artwork that lie in the distance and appear to be behind objects in the foreground.
The part of a work of art that appears to be in the front, nearest to the viewer.
