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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 214 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  10. 10.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  37. 37.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space

Answer key

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

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