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

Answer key

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

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