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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 162 · 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 shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  33. 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space

Answer key

  1. a flat 2D area
  2. line
  3. value
  4. glue
  5. a hue, like red or blue
  6. True
  7. True
  8. form
  9. 7
  10. texture
  11. how a surface feels
  12. False
  13. True
  14. the area around objects
  15. False
  16. colour
  17. False
  18. only length and width
  19. value
  20. space
  21. rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. texture
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. texture
  25. True
  26. frame
  27. looks furry or scaly
  28. space
  29. gaps between things
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a solid 3D object
  33. True
  34. texture
  35. what a rainbow shows
  36. can be seen all round
  37. False
  38. False
  39. easel
  40. space

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