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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 251 · 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) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  4. 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  8. 8.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour

Answer key

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

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