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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 191 · 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 “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  3. 3.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) space

Answer key

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

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