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

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. 7
  3. False
  4. space
  5. True
  6. easel
  7. value
  8. a closed flat outline
  9. glue
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. False
  13. shape
  14. False
  15. only length and width
  16. how a surface feels
  17. value
  18. False
  19. False
  20. line
  21. line
  22. texture
  23. space
  24. from white to black
  25. shape
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a flat 2D area
  30. True
  31. a sense of near and far
  32. colour
  33. form
  34. form
  35. frame
  36. form
  37. True
  38. colour
  39. a solid 3D object
  40. a hue, like red or blue

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