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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 196 · 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 form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  15. 15.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  20. 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  23. 23.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  25. 25.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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