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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 200 · 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) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  31. 31.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  39. 39.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour

Answer key

  1. a solid 3D object
  2. rough, smooth or bumpy
  3. frame
  4. colour
  5. how light or dark it is
  6. from white to black
  7. looks furry or scaly
  8. 7
  9. space
  10. texture
  11. value
  12. can be seen all round
  13. False
  14. True
  15. texture
  16. shape
  17. value
  18. easel
  19. False
  20. form
  21. False
  22. value
  23. the area around objects
  24. False
  25. colour
  26. a long, thin mark
  27. space
  28. False
  29. gaps between things
  30. only length and width
  31. True
  32. False
  33. a sense of near and far
  34. line
  35. shape
  36. False
  37. False
  38. space
  39. False
  40. shape

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