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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 139 · 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 element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) space
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) value
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  34. 34.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. line
  2. texture
  3. how a surface feels
  4. 7
  5. glue
  6. space
  7. shape
  8. True
  9. form
  10. colour
  11. easel
  12. a flat 2D area
  13. texture
  14. how light or dark it is
  15. value
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. a hue, like red or blue
  22. frame
  23. True
  24. shape
  25. True
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. True
  28. value
  29. form
  30. rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. shape
  32. space
  33. from white to black
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. gaps between things
  39. the area around objects
  40. False

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