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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 1 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  8. 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  14. 14.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  16. 16.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black

Answer key

  1. frame
  2. 7
  3. gaps between things
  4. a moving dot’s path
  5. only length and width
  6. space
  7. space
  8. False
  9. texture
  10. what a rainbow shows
  11. easel
  12. False
  13. colour
  14. True
  15. looks furry or scaly
  16. False
  17. form
  18. rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. shape
  20. False
  21. False
  22. form
  23. False
  24. colour
  25. a flat 2D area
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a long, thin mark
  31. has height, width, depth
  32. False
  33. glue
  34. value
  35. texture
  36. a closed flat outline
  37. True
  38. value
  39. True
  40. from white to black

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